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‖ pilau, pilaw, pilaff|pɪˈlaʊ, pɪˈlɔː, pɪˈləʊ, pɪˈlɑːf, -æf|
Forms: 7– pilau, pillau, pilaw, pillaw, pilao, pelaw; also 7 pilo, -oe, pillow(e, peloe, palau, pullow, 7–8 pelo (pleo), 8 pillou, pilloe, pellow, pilow, 9 pillao, pulao, pullao, pi(l)laf(f.
[a. Pers. pilāw (in Turkish pilāw, pilāv (or pilāf), Urdū pilāo, palāo) boiled rice and meat (occurs in Bus-ḥaq of Shíráz, ob. 1426). So F. pilau, It. pilao, mod.Gr. πιλάϕι, Russ. pilavŭ (= pilaff). Appears in Eng. in many forms, according to the language or locality whence the writer has adopted it; the earlier examples, from 17th c. Turkish, are identical with Persian. Pilaff represents modern Turkish pronunciation.]
An Oriental dish, consisting of rice (or, in certain areas, wheat) boiled with fowl, meat, or fish, and spices, raisins, etc.
Spelt in many different ways in various regions.
1612Trav. Four Englishm. 55 The most common dish [amongst the Turks] is Pilaw..made of Rice and small morsels of Mutton boiled therein. 1612Coryat Jrnl. in Purchas Pilgrims x. xii. (1625) 1828 The vse of this Butter is verie frequent, by reason of the abundance of Pillaue that is eaten in Constantinople. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 97 (Persia) A dish of Pelo, which is Rice boyled with Hens, Mutton, Butter, Almonds and Turmerack. Ibid. 173 Boyld Rice, Peloe. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 367 The Turk when he hath his tripe full of pelaw, or of mutton and rice, will go to nature's cellar. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. ii. 95 Their boiled meat consists in Pilao or Schilao. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 397 Palau, that is Rice boil'd..with Spices intermixt, and a boil'd Fowl in the middle. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 399 The most admired Dainty, wherewith they stuff themselves, is Pullow. 1711C. Lockyer Trade India viii. 231 They cannot often go to the Price of a Pilloe, or boil'd Fowl and Rice. 1782Colman Prose on Sev. Occas. (1787) III. 235 Methinks I hear some Alderman, all hurry, Cry, where's the Pellow? Bring me out the Curry! 1811Kirkpatrick tr. Sel. Lett. Tippoo Sultan App. p. xlii, All the Musulman officers..shall be entertained..with a public repast, to consist of Pullâo of the first sort. 1813Byron Corsair ii. ii, Removed the banquet, and the last pilaff—Forbidden draughts, 'tis said, he dared to quaff. 1821― Juan v. xlvii, A genial savour Of certain stews, and roast meats, and pilaus,..Made Juan in his harsh intentions pause. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xlii, The Colonel was famous for pillaus and curries. 1860R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. I. 393 The plat de resistance was, as usual, the pillaw, or, as it is here called, pulao. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxi. 666 The pilaff which followed is always the last dish served at an Egyptian or Turkish dinner. 1883Aliph Cheem Lays of Ind (ed. 7) 2 From rice and pillaos To truffles and grouse. 1930W. J. Locke Town of Tombarel iv. 114 A pilaff of sea-fruits is a succulent dish, composed of rice and as many fruits of the sea as you can imagine. 1935H. Edib Clown & his Daughter xxiv. 130 Who would believe that any city under the sun could produce such crowds, such colour..and above all such colossal quantities of roast lamb and pilaff! 1936P. Fleming News from Tartary 288 We lunched off pilaffe and sour milk. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxxi. 392 Ma Baxter made a pilau of the squirrels for supper. 1949B. A. Botkin Treas. S. Folklore iv. i. 552 Marylanders grow lyrical over Brunswick stew..South Carolinians, over rice, calibash, and pilaus (pronounced pé-los, púr-loos). 1956R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xv. 182 He did not mind me lying on his floor, he fed me with yoghourt and coffee and offered me some rice pilav. 1959F. Maclean Back to Bokhara ii. 88 A veritable mountain of pilav or plov—rice cooked in mutton fat. 1967Punch 12 Apr. 543/1 The lobster pilaf, côtelettes à la Kiev and pommes Anna with which Carlos Lacerda entertained the Gunthers when he was governor of Guanabara. 1971Carry Singapore in your Pocket (Singapore Tourist Promotion Board) (ed. 3) 31 One first-class Kashmiri restaurant..serves..a wide variety of naan and pilau prepared in Kashmiri style. 1971Hindustan Times Weekly (New Delhi) (Suppl.) 4 Apr. p. iv/5 Just heat up some ghee, fry the rice as for a pullao. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 25 Apr. 57/2 We will have a proper lunch. Pulao, Chapattis, Shreekand, the lot. 1971R. Russell tr. Ahmad's Shore & Wave ix. 118 ‘Can I get you anything?’ he asked. ‘Chicken? Pulao?’ 1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 6c/1 (Advt.), This Sunday, Monday or Tuesday you can order our thick and juicy prime rib (served with our special rice pilaf).
Hence pilaued |pɪˈlaʊd| a., made into pilau.
1897Ld. Roberts 41 Yrs. in India xlvi. (1898) 353, I took my first lesson in eating roast kid and pillaued chicken. |
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