pilaf
See also: piláf
English edit
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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
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 |