The story
- Classical Persian · borrowed fromکوفْتَه“ground meat”
- English todaykofta
Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kofta
Today it means: Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans. Full definition →
Classical Persian کوفْتَه