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pilaf

See also: piláf

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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. [1][2][3] Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”).

Noun

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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[1]:
      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

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References

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  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) “4315”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilâv, “pilaf, boiled rice prepared with butter, meat, fat, etc”).[1]

Noun

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pilaf m

  1. rice boiled with salt and butter, pilaf

References

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  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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish pilâv, pilav.

Noun

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pilaf m inan

  1. pilaf

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • “pilaf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pilaf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

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Noun

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pilaf m (plural pilafs)

  1. pilaf

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Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pilaf m (Latin spelling, plural pilafes)

  1. pilaf

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Turkish pilâv, pilav.

Noun

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pilaf m (uncountable)

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو. Compare Turkish pilav.

Noun

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pilaf n (plural pilafuri)

  1. pilaf, pilaf, pilau

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pilaf pilaful pilafuri pilafurile
genitive-dative pilaf pilafului pilafuri pilafurilor
vocative pilafule pilafurilor

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