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 • (piláf) m
- 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
| 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 • (pilaf) m
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | пилаф (pilaf) |
| definite unspecified | пилафот (pilafot) |
| definite proximal | пилафов (pilafov) |
| definite distal | пилафон (pilafon) |
| vocative | пилафу (pilafu) |