köken: Via Yiddish from Romanian chifteluțe, plural of chifteluță, derivative of chiftea, from Ottoman Turkish كوفته (köfte), from Persian کوفته (kufte).
to shoot out of the soil · to start to grow, extend or expand · to start growing hair, nails, teeth, feathers, claws, lumps, pimples
köken: Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *mɔːkʔ (“to emerge”); cognate with Khmer មក (mɔɔk, “to come, come near, approach”) and Old Mon mok (“to appear”).
köken: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوفته (köfte), from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “kofta”).
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Etimoloji
From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Ladino albondiga and Portuguese almôndega.