Where does “pilaf” come from?
pilaf (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پلاو, from Classical Persian پلاو, from Hindi पुलाव, from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕, from Sanskrit पुलाक, from Dravidian Dravidian.
pilaf (Romanian): pilaf, pilaff, pilau
Ancestry of “pilaf”, step by step