Where does “pilav” come from?
pilav (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پلاو, from Classical Persian پلاو, from Hindi पुलाव, from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕, from Sanskrit पुलाक, from Dravidian Dravidian.
Ancestry of “pilav”, step by step
Words derived from “pilav”