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pilaf
/ˌpiˈlɑf/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
rice cooked in well seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
Word history
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”).
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- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 50: the standard list most spell checkers use.
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- Used about once in every 7 million words.
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