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Where does “כופתה” come from?

כופתה (Hebrew) comes from Arabic كُفْتَة, from Persian کوفته, from Persian کوفتن, from Middle Persian ????? — beat, pound, crush.

כופתה (Hebrew): kofta

Definitions

  1. kofta

Ancestry of “כופתה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكُفْتَة—
2Persianکوفتهbeaten; ground; shattered
3Persianکوفتنto break, bruise, knock, strike, smite, beat,...
4Middle Persian?????beat, pound, crush
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