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pilaf

/ˈpiːlæf/noun

उच्चारण पीलैफ़

पुलाव

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C, U]

    a dish of rice cooked in stock with spices, often with vegetables, meat or fish added

    पुलाव

    • We had vegetable pilaf with raita for lunch.
    • a chicken pilaf
    • The restaurant serves a fragrant mushroom pilaf on Sundays.
    + 2 more examples
    • My mother makes a quick peas pilaf when guests arrive suddenly.
    • Pilaf is usually served with yoghurt or a simple salad.
§Grammar and usage

Usage: British English also uses the form pilau.

Usage में British English में pilau रूप भी प्रयोग होता है।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the Turkish pilav and the Persian pilaw, the same source that gave Hindi and Urdu the word pulao.

यह Turkish शब्द pilav और Persian शब्द pilaw से आया है, और इसी स्रोत से Hindi और Urdu में pulao शब्द आया।