sofra

Pronunciation: /sôfra/

“sofra” is a Serbo-Croatian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

low round dining table around which one eats seated on pillows
food and drink laid out for consumption, feast
gathering for eating and drinking, feast
people seated together at a dining table, guests, company

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”).

More Serbo-Croatian words

sofa
sofist
sofizam
Sofokle
softver
soha
soj
soja

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