پلاو

Ottoman Turkish

پلاو

Alternative forms

  • پیلاو (pilav)

Etymology

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

پلاو • (pilav)

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

Derived terms

  • باش پلاوی (baş pilavı, rice cooked with sheep's head)
  • بالق پلاوی (balık pilavı, rice stewed with fish)
  • صوسز پلاو (susız pilav, pilaf done in a close vessel)
  • طاوق پلاو (tavuk pilavı, pilaf cooked with chicken)
  • طراق پلاوی (tarak pilavı, pilaf with scallops)
  • پلاوجی (pilavcı, maker or vender of pilaf)

Descendants

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

References

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

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