pilaf

Alternative forms

• pilaff, pilau, plov, polao, polao, pulao

Etymology

From Turkish pilav, from 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)

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.

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.

Noun

pilaf m

1. pilaf

Further reading

• pilaf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pilaf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Alternative forms

• פילאףֿ‎ (Hebrew orthography spelling)

Noun

pilaf m (plural pilafes)

1. pilaf

Alternative forms

• pilafe

Noun

pilaf m (uncountable)

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

Etymology

From Turkish pilav.

Noun

pilaf n (plural pilafuri)

1. pilaf, pilaff, pilau