kofte
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See also: köfte
English
Noun
kofte (plural koftes)
- Alternative spelling of kofta
Indonesian
Etymology
From Classical Persian کوفته (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفتن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kofté (plural kofte-kofte, first-person possessive kofteku, second-person possessive koftemu, third-person possessive koftenya)
- (cooking) kofta: any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.
Further reading
- “kofte” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.