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Definition of Pilaf - 3 dictionary results

pi⋅laf

[pi-lahf, pee-lahf]
–noun
1. a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
2. rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth.
Also, pi⋅laff, pilau, pilaw.


Origin:
1925–30; < Turk pilâv < Pers pilāw
pi·laf or pi·laff   (pĭ-läf', pē'läf')   
n.  A steamed rice dish often with meat, shellfish, or vegetables in a seasoned broth.

[Persian pilāw, from Turkish pilâv.]

pilaf 
oriental dish of rice boiled with meat, 1612, from Turk. pilav, from Pers. pilaw. Spelling infl. by Mod.Gk. pilafi, from the Turkish word.
Language Translation for : Pilaf
Spanish: pilaf (plato oriental a base de arroz),
German: das Pilaff,
Japanese: ピラフ
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