پلاو

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Ottoman Turkish

پلاو

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed into Old Anatolian Turkish from Persian پلاو (pelâv, palâv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin.[1] Akin to Tamil புறுக்கல் (puṟukkal, cooked rice).

Noun

پلاو (pilav)

  1. pilaf, a dish made by browning rice in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: pilav
  • Albanian: pilaf
  • Armenian: փլավ (pʻlav)
  • English: pilaf
  • Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
  • Romanian: pilaf
  • Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
  • Slovak: pilaf

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4315”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

Further reading

Persian

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? pilāw
    Dari reading? pilāw
    Iranian reading? pelâv
    Tajik reading? pilov

    Noun

    پلاو (pelâv)

    1. Alternative form of پلو (polow)

    Further reading