"پلو" meaning in Persian

See پلو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [pu.law] [Classical-Persian], [pʰä.läw] [Dari, formal], [pʰä.läw] [Dari, formal], [pʰʊ.läw] [Kabuli], [pʰu.läw] (note: Hazaragi), [pʰo.low] [Iran, formal], [pʰä.läw] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-پلو.wav Forms: polow [romanization], پلوها [plural]
Etymology: From earlier Classical Persian پِلَاوْ (pilāw) / پَلَاوْ (palāw), borrowed from Hindustani पुलाव (pulāv) / پُلاؤ (pulāv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka, “lump of boiled rice”). The term is said to be of Dravidian origin; compare Kannada ಪುೞ್ಗಿ (puḻgi, “a rice dish”), Malayalam പുഴുങ്ങുക (puḻuṅṅuka, “to be boiling”), Tamil புழுக்கல் (puḻukkal, “cooked rice”), and Telugu పులగము (pulagamu, “a dish made with rice and lentils”). Compare पुलाक (pulāka)'s inhertied descendant Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ /پُلاؤ (pulāu). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|fa-cls>پَلَاوْ>pilaf|id=pilaf}}, {{inh|fa|fa-cls|پِلَاوْ}} Classical Persian پِلَاوْ (pilāw), {{bor|fa|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{der|fa|sa|पुलाक||lump of boiled rice}} Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka, “lump of boiled rice”), {{der|fa|dra}} Dravidian, {{cog|kn|ಪುೞ್ಗಿ||a rice dish}} Kannada ಪುೞ್ಗಿ (puḻgi, “a rice dish”), {{cog|ml|പുഴുങ്ങുക||to be boiling}} Malayalam പുഴുങ്ങുക (puḻuṅṅuka, “to be boiling”), {{cog|ta|புழுக்கல்||cooked rice}} Tamil புழுக்கல் (puḻukkal, “cooked rice”), {{cog|te|పులగము||a dish made with rice and lentils}} Telugu పులగము (pulagamu, “a dish made with rice and lentils”), {{cog|pa|ਪੁਲਾਉ//پُلاؤ}} Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ /پُلاؤ (pulāu) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|پلوها|||||f1tr=polow-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=polow|tr2=|tr3=}} پلو • (polow) (plural پلوها (polow-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=پلوها|tr=polow}} پلو • (polow) (plural پلوها (polow-hâ))
  1. pilaf (a dish of boiled rice then steamed with other ingredients) Wikipedia link: fa:پلو Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: تهدیگ (tah-dig), چلو (čelow) (english: plain cooked rice)

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "پِلَاوْ (pilāw):"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "plov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: plov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: plov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "былау",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: былау (bılaw)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: былау (bılaw)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "પલાવ",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "палау",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: палау (palau)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: палау (palau)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "palov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: palov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: palov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پولۇ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: پولۇ (polu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: پولۇ (polu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
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            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "পোলাও",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: পোলাও (pōlaō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: পোলাও (pōlaō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ფლავი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ფლავი (plavi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ფლავი (plavi)"
    }
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      },
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    {
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        "1": "fa",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "lump of boiled rice"
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        "2": "dra"
      },
      "expansion": "Dravidian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಪುೞ್ಗಿ",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಪುೞ್ಗಿ (puḻgi, “a rice dish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "പുഴുങ്ങുക",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be boiling"
      },
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    {
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        "1": "ta",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "te",
        "2": "పులగము",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a dish made with rice and lentils"
      },
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        "2": "ਪੁਲਾਉ//پُلاؤ"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "polow",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
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        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "پلو • (polow) (plural پلوها (polow-hâ))",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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        "pilaf (a dish of boiled rice then steamed with other ingredients)"
      ],
      "id": "en-پلو-fa-noun-2gSqW7kN",
      "links": [
        [
          "pilaf",
          "pilaf"
        ]
      ],
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        {
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          "word": "تهدیگ"
        },
        {
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          "word": "چلو"
        }
      ],
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        "fa:پلو"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pu.law]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰʊ.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰu.läw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰo.low]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
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}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "پِلَاوْ (pilāw):"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "plov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: plov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: plov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "былау",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: былау (bılaw)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: былау (bılaw)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "પલાવ",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "палау",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: палау (palau)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: палау (palau)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "palov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: palov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: palov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پولۇ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: پولۇ (polu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: پولۇ (polu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "پلاو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pilav"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "পোলাও",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: পোলাও (pōlaō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: পোলাও (pōlaō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ფლავი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ფლავი (plavi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ფლავი (plavi)"
    }
  ],
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      },
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        "1": "fa",
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        "5": "lump of boiled rice"
      },
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        "2": "dra"
      },
      "expansion": "Dravidian",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಪುೞ್ಗಿ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a rice dish"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "പുഴുങ്ങുക",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be boiling"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam പുഴുങ്ങുക (puḻuṅṅuka, “to be boiling”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "1": "ta",
        "2": "புழுக்கல்",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cooked rice"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "పులగము",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a dish made with rice and lentils"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ਪੁਲਾਉ//پُلاؤ"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ /پُلاؤ (pulāu)",
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier Classical Persian پِلَاوْ (pilāw) / پَلَاوْ (palāw), borrowed from Hindustani पुलाव (pulāv) / پُلاؤ (pulāv), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka, “lump of boiled rice”).\nThe term is said to be of Dravidian origin; compare Kannada ಪುೞ್ಗಿ (puḻgi, “a rice dish”), Malayalam പുഴുങ്ങുക (puḻuṅṅuka, “to be boiling”), Tamil புழுக்கல் (puḻukkal, “cooked rice”), and Telugu పులగము (pulagamu, “a dish made with rice and lentils”).\nCompare पुलाक (pulāka)'s inhertied descendant Punjabi ਪੁਲਾਉ /پُلاؤ (pulāu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polow",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "پلوها",
      "roman": "polow-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "polow-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "polow",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "پلو • (polow) (plural پلوها (polow-hâ))",
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    },
    {
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "roman": "tah-dig",
      "word": "تهدیگ"
    },
    {
      "english": "plain cooked rice",
      "roman": "čelow",
      "word": "چلو"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian nouns",
        "Persian terms borrowed from Hindustani languages",
        "Persian terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "Persian terms derived from Dravidian languages",
        "Persian terms derived from Hindi",
        "Persian terms derived from Hindustani languages",
        "Persian terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Persian terms derived from Urdu",
        "Persian terms inherited from Classical Persian",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "fa:Foods"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pilaf (a dish of boiled rice then steamed with other ingredients)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pilaf",
          "pilaf"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "fa:پلو"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pu.law]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰʊ.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰu.läw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰo.low]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰä.läw]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "پلو"
}

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