Where does “плов” come from?
плов (Russian) comes from Persian پلو, from Classical Persian پلاو, from Hindi पुलाव, from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕, from Sanskrit पुलाक, from Dravidian Dravidian.
плов (Russian): pilaf, plov
Ancestry of “плов”, step by step