Where does “pilav” come from?
pilav (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پلاو, from Classical Persian پلاو, from Hindi पुलाव, from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕, from Sanskrit पुलाक, from Dravidian Dravidian.
pilav (Serbo-Croatian): pilaf; feast, banquet
Ancestry of “pilav”, step by step