pilaf
See also: piláf
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Turkish pilav, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian پلاو (pelâv)[1], from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin.[2]
Noun
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.
Translations
dish
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References
- Some have described it as desecration, but tribal chairman Charlie Vaughn dismisses his critics as people who are "eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs". - The world at a glance: Grand Canyon, Arizona, The Week, Issue 605, page 8.
- ^ “pilaf”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “pilaf”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Czech
Noun
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Further reading
Ladino
Alternative forms
- פילאףֿ (Hebrew orthography spelling)
Noun
pilaf m (Latin spelling, plural pilafes)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
pilaf m (uncountable)
- pilaf (dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth)
Romanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Turkish pilav.
Noun
pilaf n (plural pilafuri)
See also
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