पुलाव

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably derived from Dravidian; compare Tamil புறுக்கல் (puṟukkal, “cooked rice”). Cognate with Gujarati પુલાવ (pulāv) and Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ (pulāu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊ.lɑːʋ/, [pʊ.läːʋ]

Noun

पुलाव • (pulāv) m (Urdu spelling پُلاؤ)

1. pulao

Declension

Declension of पुलाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुलाव pulāv	पुलाव pulāv
oblique	पुलाव pulāv	पुलावों pulāvõ
vocative	पुलाव pulāv	पुलावो pulāvo

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: پَلَاوْ (palāw)
  • →? Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav)
    • Turkish: pilav
    • → Albanian: pilaf
    • → Armenian: փլավ (pʻlav)
    • → English: pilaf
    • → Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
    • → Romanian: pilaf
    • → Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
    • → Slovak: pilaf
• → English: pulao

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुलाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press