pilaf

[pi-lahf, pee-lahf]

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noun

a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
rice cooked in a meat or poultry broth.

Also pi·laff, pilau, pilaw.

Origin of pilaf

1925–30; < Turkish pilâv < Persian pilāw

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Related Words for pilaf

orzo, pilaf

Examples from the Web for pilaf

Historical Examples of pilaf

Osman and his mother ate the pilaf with their fingers, from the same dish.
Our Little Turkish Cousin
Mary Hazelton Wade
This was for their pilaf, the distribution of which was a complete scramble.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879
Various
When there is soup or soup stock on hand it can be well used in the pilaf.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
Marion Mills Miller
Kevork brought some sheep-tail grease in a bit of paper and I held my nose while I melted it and poured it into the pilaf.
The Red Rugs of Tarsus
Helen Davenport Gibbons
Pilaf, a dish very common in the Orient and well known in the United States, is of this character and easily made.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
Marion Mills Miller

Word Origin and History for pilaf

oriental dish of rice boiled with meat, 1610s, from Turkish pilav, from Persian pilaw. Spelling influenced by Modern Greek pilafi, from the Turkish word.