Where does “كفتة” come from?
كفتة (Arabic) comes from Persian کوفته, from Persian کوفتن, from Middle Persian ????? — beat, pound, crush.
كفتة (Arabic): kufta, meatball, meat dumpling
Definitions
- kufta, meatball, meat dumpling
Ancestry of “كفتة”, step by step
كفتة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian کوفته
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | کوفته | beaten; ground; shattered |
| 2 | Persian | کوفتن | to break, bruise, knock, strike, smite, beat,... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | ????? | beat, pound, crush |
via Classical Persian کوفْتَه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | کوفْتَه | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | کوفته | — |
Words derived from “كفتة”