پلاو

Ottoman Turkish

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)
  • → Bulgarian: пила́ф (piláf)
  • → English: pilaf
  • → Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
  • → Romanian: pilaf
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
  • → Slovak: pilaf
  • → Ubykh: ԥылоу (pəlow)

References

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

Further reading

Persian

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? pilāw
    Dari reading? pilāw
    Iranian reading? pelâv
    Tajik reading? pilov

    Noun

    پلاو • (pelâv)

    1. alternative form of پلو (polow)

    Further reading

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