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- Turkish · borrowed fromçiğ köfte
- English todaycig kofte
Borrowed from Turkish çiğ köfte (literally “raw meatball”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: An Anatolian dish made from raw ground meat (often lamb or beef), bulgur, onion, tomato paste, hot red pepper paste, and urfa biber, wrapped in lettuce. Full definition →
Turkish çiğ köfte