Pilaf
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes wordnet
Example
More examples"Not only did I eat pilaf, but I also ate kebabs."
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”).