pilaf

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See also: piláf

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”).

Noun

pilaf (countable and uncountable, plural pilafs)

  1. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
    • 9 Mar 2007, The Independent‎:
      Charlie Vaughn, the tribal chairman, dismissed his critics at the opening as people who are "eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs".

Translations

References

  1. ^ “pilaf”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “pilaf”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4315, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilâv, “pilaf, boiled rice prepared with butter, meat, fat, etc”).

Noun

pilaf m

  1. rice boiled with salt and butter, pilaf

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “pilaf”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 362

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish pilâv, pilav.

Noun

pilaf m inan

  1. pilaf

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • pilaf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pilaf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Noun

pilaf m (plural pilafs)

  1. pilaf

Further reading

Ladino

Alternative forms

Noun

pilaf m (Latin spelling, plural pilafes)

  1. pilaf

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish pilâv, pilav.

Noun

pilaf m (uncountable)

  1. pilaf (dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو. Compare Turkish pilav.

Noun

pilaf n (plural pilafuri)

  1. pilaf, pilaf, pilau

Declension

Declension of pilaf
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pilaf pilaful (niște) pilafuri pilafurile
genitive/dative (unui) pilaf pilafului (unor) pilafuri pilafurilor
vocative pilafule pilafurilor

See also

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