pilaf

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pilaf

/pɪlɐːf/ Australia
/piːlɑːf/ UK
/piːlæf/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”). Doublet of pulao.

noun pilafs · pilaff · pillaf · pillaff · pillaw · pilao

countable, uncountable 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. My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open fires.

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noun dish

Español	pilaf
한국어	필라프 pillapeu, 플로프 peullopeu
日本語	ピラフ pirafu
中文	抓飯 /抓饭 zhuāfàn
हिन्दी	पुलाव pulāv
Kiswahili	pilau
Português	pilaf, pilafe
Français	pilaf
Deutsch	Pilaw
Italiano	pilaf
Ελληνικά	πιλάφι piláfi
Română	pilaf
Русский	плов plov, пила́в piláv
العربية	بِيلَاو bilāw
עברית	פילאף pilaf

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@misc{pilaf_2026,
  title = {pilaf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pilaf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}