Ottoman Turkish edit

 
پلاو

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed into Old Anatolian Turkish from Persian پلاو (pelâv, palâv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin.[1] Akin to Tamil புறுக்கல் (puṟukkal, cooked rice).

Noun edit

پلاو (pilav)

  1. pilaf, a dish made by browning rice in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: pilav
  • Albanian: pilaf
  • Armenian: փլավ (pʻlav)
  • English: pilaf
  • Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
  • Romanian: pilaf
  • Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
  • Slovak: pilaf

References edit

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4315, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

Further reading edit