पुलाव

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably derived from Dravidian; compare Tamil புறுக்கல் (puṟukkal, “cooked rice”). Cognate with Gujarati પુલાવ (pulāv) and Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ (pulāu).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊ.lɑːʋ/, [pʊ.läːʋ]

Noun

पुलाव • (pulāv) m (Urdu spelling پُلاؤ)

pulao

Declension

Declension of पुलाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुलाव pulāv	पुलाव pulāv
oblique	पुलाव pulāv	पुलावों pulāvõ
vocative	पुलाव pulāv	पुलावो pulāvo

Descendants

→ Persian: پلاو (pelâv)
- → Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav)
  - Turkish: pilav
  - → Albanian: pilaf
  - → Armenian: փլավ (pʻlav)
  - → English: pilaf
  - → Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
  - → Romanian: pilaf
  - → Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
  - → Slovak: pilaf
→ English: pulao

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुलाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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