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English
Noun
pilav (uncountable)
- pilaf, in Turkish cuisine
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilav) (Turkish pilav), from Persian پلاو (pelâv, palâv).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǐlaːʋ/
- Hyphenation: pi‧lav
Noun
pìlāv m (Cyrillic spelling пѝла̄в)
- pilaf
- (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) feast, banquet
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilav), from Persian پلاو (pelâv, palâv), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. [1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈlɑv/
- Hyphenation: pi‧lav
Noun
pilav (definite accusative pilavı, plural pilavlar)
- cooked rice or bulgur, pilaf
Declension
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