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pi⋅lau

  [pi-lahf, pee-lahf, pi-law, -lou, pee-law, -lou]
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–noun
pilaf.
Also, pi⋅law.

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
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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.]
pi·lau   (pĭ-läf', -lô', -lou', pē'läf', -lô', -lou')   
n.  Variant of pilaf.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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