pilaf
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See also: piláf
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
pilaf (countable and uncountable, plural pilafs)
- 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[edit]
dish
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References[edit]
- ^ “pilaf”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “pilaf”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4315, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilâv, “pilaf, boiled rice prepared with butter, meat, fat, etc”).[1]
Noun[edit]
pilaf m
- rice boiled with salt and butter, pilaf
References[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Turkish pilâv, pilav.
Noun[edit]
pilaf m inan
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading[edit]
- pilaf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- pilaf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
pilaf m (plural pilafs)
Further reading[edit]
- “pilaf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladino[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- פילאףֿ (Hebrew orthography spelling)
Noun[edit]
pilaf m (Latin spelling, plural pilafes)
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pilaf m (uncountable)
- pilaf (dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو. Compare Turkish pilav.
Noun[edit]
pilaf n (plural pilafuri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pilaf
singular | plural | |||
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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[edit]
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