Etymology

pulao

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Hindi पुलाव ← Urdu پُلاؤ ← Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromपुलाक
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit · derived from*𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromپُلاؤ
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromपुलाव
  5. English todaypulao

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पुलाव (pulāv) / Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo)), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably of Dravidian origin. Doublet of pilaf.

Words from the same roots

Hindiपुलाव all →

pilaf

Urduپُلاؤ all →

pilaf

Sauraseni Prakrit*𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 all →

pilaf

Sanskritपुलाक all →

pilaf

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.