পোলাও

Bengali

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin, pointed by cognates such as Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, cooked rice).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /polao̯/, [ˈpolao̯]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /polao̯/, [ˈpolao̯]

Noun

পোলাও • (pōlaō)

  1. pilaf