sofra

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

• sıpra

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سفره (sofra), from Persian سفره (sofre) from Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra).

Noun

sofra

1. dinner table

Declension

Declension of sofra

	singular	plural
nominative	sofra	sofralar
genitive	sofranıñ	sofralarnıñ
dative	sofrağa	sofralarğa
accusative	sofranı	sofralarnı
locative	sofrada	sofralarda
ablative	sofradan	sofralardan

Derived terms

• sofra örtüsi
• sofraci

References

• “sofra”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Portuguese

Verb

sofra

1. inflection of sofrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

• sofră

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سفره (sofra), from Persian سفره (sofre) from Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfra/

Noun

sofra f (plural sofrale)

1. (dated) low dinner table

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sofra	sofraua	sofrale	sofralele
genitive-dative	sofrale	sofralei	sofrale	sofralelor
vocative	—		—

Further reading

• “sofra”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سفره (sofra, “cloth for wrapping up food and spreading out to eat while travelling”) (compare Turkish sofra), from Persian سفره (sofre), from Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra, “travelling provisions”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôfra/
• Hyphenation: sof‧ra

Noun

sȍfra f (Cyrillic spelling со̏фра)

1. (regional) low round dining table around which one eats seated on pillows [16th century]

   Synonym: sinija

2. (regional) food and drink laid out for consumption, feast
3. (regional) gathering for eating and drinking, feast
4. (regional) people seated together at a dining table, guests, company

Alternative forms

• sovra
• sopra

References

• “sofra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Josip Hamm, editor (1955–1956), “sȍfra”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 15, Zagreb: JAZU, page 876

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سفره, صوفره (sofra), from Persian سفره (sofre) from Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra).

Noun

sofra (definite accusative sofrayı, plural sofralar)

1. tablecloth

Declension

Declension of sofra

	singular	plural
nominative	sofra	sofralar
definite accusative	sofrayı	sofraları
dative	sofraya	sofralara
locative	sofrada	sofralarda
ablative	sofradan	sofralardan
genitive	sofranın	sofraların

Derived terms

• çilingir sofrası
• sofracı