"pilaf" meaning in English

See pilaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɪlɐːf/ [Australia], /piːlɑːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /piːlæf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-pilaf.wav [US]
enPR: pee-lăf [General-American] Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”). Doublet of pulao. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ota|پلاو}} Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو, {{cog|tr|pilav}} Turkish pilav, {{der|en|fa-cls|پلاو|tr=pilāw}} Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), {{der|en|hi|पुलाव}} Hindi पुलाव (pulāv), {{der|en|ur|پُلاؤ|tr=pulāo}} Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), {{der|en|pra-sau|*𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕}} Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), {{der|en|sa|पुलाक}} Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), {{der|en|dra|-}} Dravidian, {{cog|ta|புழுக்கு|t=cooked rice}} Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”), {{doublet|en|pulao}} Doublet of pulao Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pilaf (countable and uncountable, plural pilafs) Forms: pilafs [plural], pilaff [alternative], pillaf [alternative], pillaff [alternative], pillaw [alternative], pilao [alternative], pilau [alternative], pilav [alternative], plov [alternative], polao [alternative], pulao [alternative], pulau [alternative]
  1. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dish): pilaf [masculine] (Albanian), بِيلَاو (bilāw) [masculine] (Arabic), փլավ (pʻlav) (Armenian), եղինձ (eġinj) [Western-Armenian] (Armenian), plov (Azerbaijani), aş (Azerbaijani), плов [Cyrillic] (Azerbaijani), былау (bılaw) (Bashkir), плоў (plow) [masculine] (Belarusian), পোলাও (pōlaō) (Bengali), пила́ф (piláf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pilav [masculine] (Catalan), پِڵاو (pillaw) (Central Kurdish), җуафан (žuafan) [Dungan] (Chinese), 抓飯 /抓饭 (zhuāfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pilav (Crimean Tatar), pilaf [masculine] (Czech), pilaf [common-gender] (Danish), پِلَوْ (pilaw) (Dari), پَلَوْ (palaw) (Dari), پِلَاو (pilāw) [dated] (Dari), pilaff [masculine] (Dutch), pilafo (Esperanto), pilahvi (Finnish), pilaf [masculine] (French), ფლავი (plavi) (Georgian), Pilaw [masculine] (German), πιλάφι (piláfi) [neuter] (Greek), פילאף (pilaf) [masculine] (Hebrew), पुलाव (pulāv) [masculine] (Hindi), piláf (Hungarian), plov (Indonesian), pilaf (Indonesian), pullao (Indonesian), پُلُو (polow) (Iranian Persian), پِلاو (pelâv) [dated] (Iranian Persian), pilaf [masculine] (Italian), ピラフ (pirafu) (Japanese), палау (palaw) (Kazakh), 필라프 (pillapeu) (Korean), 플로프 (peullopeu) (Korean), палоо (paloo) (Kyrgyz), аш (aş) (Kyrgyz), plovs [masculine] (Latvian), plovas [masculine] (Lithuanian), пилаф (pilaf) [masculine] (Macedonian), पुलाव (pulāv) (Marathi), пылав (pılav) (Nogai), pilav (Northern Kurdish), pila (Northern Kurdish), girar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pilaff [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pilaff [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پلاو (pilav) (Ottoman Turkish), پلو (alt: рaláw) [masculine] (Pashto), پلاو (palāw) [masculine] (Pashto), پولاو (polāw) [masculine] (Pashto), pilaw [masculine] (Polish), pilaf [masculine] (Portuguese), pilafe [masculine] (Portuguese), ਪੁਲਾਉ (pulāu) [Gurmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), پُلاؤ (pulā'o) [Shahmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), pilaf [neuter] (Romanian), плов (plov) [masculine] (Russian), пила́в (piláv) [dated, masculine] (Russian), пѝла̄в [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pìlāv [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pilaf [masculine] (Slovak), plov [masculine] (Slovene), плов (plov) (Southern Altai), pilaf [masculine] (Spanish), pilau (Swahili), pilaff [common-gender] (Swedish), pilaw (Tagalog), палов (palov) (Tajik), палав (palav) (Tajik), пилов (pilov) (Tajik), пылау (pılaw) (Tatar), pilav (Turkish), palow (Turkmen), palaw (Turkmen), плов (plov) [masculine] (Ukrainian), پُلاؤ (pulāo) [masculine] (Urdu), پولۇ (polu) (Uyghur), palov (Uzbek), osh (Uzbek), палов̌ (palow) (Yazghulami)
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "My spirits rose as I passed among the tents and savored the aroma of steaming pots of pilaf and the long skewers of shashlyk roasting over the open fires.",
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          "text": "Charlie Vaughn, the tribal chairman, dismissed his critics at the opening as people who are \"eating tofu and pilaf and sitting in Phoenix with their plasma-screen TVs\".",
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          "vegetables"
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          "code": "sq",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ar",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
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        {
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          "code": "ba",
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          "code": "be",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "bn",
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          "sense": "dish",
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        {
          "code": "bg",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "dng",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "code": "crh",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "da",
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          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "dish",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "pilaf"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "pilahvi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilaf"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "plavi",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "ფლავი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "dish",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "piláfi",
          "sense": "dish",
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        {
          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "pilaf",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "pulāv",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "piláf"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "plov"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "pilaf"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "pullao"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "ピラフ"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "palaw",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "палау"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
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          "code": "ckb",
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        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
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          "word": "pilav"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
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          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "pila"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "girar"
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        {
          "code": "ky",
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          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "палоо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "lang_code": "ky",
          "roman": "aş",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "аш"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plovs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plovas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "pilaf",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пилаф"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "lang_code": "mr",
          "roman": "pulāv",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "पुलाव"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "lang_code": "nog",
          "roman": "pılav",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "пылав"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilaff"
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        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "sense": "dish",
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        {
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          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
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          "roman": "palāw",
          "sense": "dish",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "ps",
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          "sense": "dish",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "lang_code": "prs",
          "roman": "pilaw",
          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "پِلَوْ"
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        {
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "lang_code": "prs",
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          "sense": "dish",
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        },
        {
          "code": "prs",
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          "lang_code": "prs",
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          "sense": "dish",
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        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa-ira",
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          "sense": "dish",
          "word": "پُلُو"
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        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilaw"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilaf"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "lang_code": "pa",
          "roman": "pulāu",
          "sense": "dish",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "sense": "dish",
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "code": "sl",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sw",
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          "code": "tk",
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
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          "sense": "dish",
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          "code": "yah",
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          "sense": "dish",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "code": "bn",
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      "word": "পোলাও"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "dish",
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      "word": "필라프"
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      "word": "پِڵاو"
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      "word": "girar"
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      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "палоо"
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      "word": "پلو"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "polow",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "پُلُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "pelâv",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "پِلاو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "roman": "pulāu",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਪੁਲਾਉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "roman": "pulā'o",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پُلاؤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pilaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "plov",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "piláv",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пила́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пѝла̄в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pìlāv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "pilau"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pilaff"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "pilaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "palov",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "палов"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "palav",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "палав"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "pilov",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "пилов"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "lang_code": "tt",
      "roman": "pılaw",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "пылау"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "pilav"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "pilav",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "پلاو"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "palow"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "palaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "plov",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "pulāo",
      "sense": "dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پُلاؤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "polu",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "پولۇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "palov"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "osh"
    },
    {
      "code": "yah",
      "lang": "Yazghulami",
      "lang_code": "yah",
      "roman": "palow",
      "sense": "dish",
      "word": "палов̌"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilaf"
}

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