тефтель

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian те́фтели (téfteli), from а Yiddish distortion of Romanian chifteluță, diminutive of chiftea, from Ottoman Turkish کوفته‎ (Turkish köfte), from Persian ‎ (kufte, “kofta”); cognate with Bulgarian кюфте (kjufte), Serbo-Croatian ћуфтa, Armenian քյուֆթա (kʿyuftʿa), Azerbaijani küftə, Arabic كفتة‎ (kuftah), Greek κεφτές (keftés).

Noun

тефтель • (teftelʹ)

meatball, kofta

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