пилаф

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindustani पुलाव (pulāv) / پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka, lump of boiled rice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piˈɫaf]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Syllabification(key): пи‧лаф

Noun

пила́ф • (piláfm

  1. pilaf (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)

Declension

Declension of пила́ф
singular plural
indefinite пила́ф
piláf
пила́фи
piláfi
definite
(subject form)
пила́фът
piláfǎt
пила́фите
piláfite
definite
(object form)
пила́фа
piláfa
count form пила́фа
piláfa

References

  • пилаф”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пилаф”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindustani पुलाव (pulāv) / پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka, lump of boiled rice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpiɫaf]

Noun

пилаф • (pilafm

  1. pilaf

Declension

Declension of пилаф
singular
indefinite пилаф (pilaf)
definite unspecified пилафот (pilafot)
definite proximal пилафов (pilafov)
definite distal пилафон (pilafon)
vocative пилафу (pilafu)