pilaf

[ pi-lahf, pee-lahf ]

/ pɪˈlɑf, ˈpi lɑf /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

Also pi·laff, pilau, pilaw.

Origin of pilaf

1925–30; < Turkish pilâv < Persian pilāw

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Examples from the Web for pilaf

So he did not take long to make up his mind, but sat down and consumed the pilaf to the very last morsel.
Pretty Michal|Mr Jkai
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
This was for their pilaf, the distribution of which was a complete scramble.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879|Various
But he did not want the bastinado again, and the pilaf pleasantly tickled his nostrils.
Pretty Michal|Mr Jkai

Osman and his mother ate the pilaf with their fingers, from the same dish.
Our Little Turkish Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade

Word Origin and History for pilaf

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.