چلو

Pashto

Etymology

Compare to Persian چلو‎ (čelow, “rice”), itself borrowed from an Indic language, [1]derived from Prakrit[2]. Compare Hindi चावल (cāval, “rice”), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور‎ (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), and Oriya ଚାଉଳ (cauḷô).

Noun
  1. plain cooked rice

    References
    1. Mo'in, Mohammad (1972), “چلو”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir,
    2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*cāmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Persian
    Saffron-topped chelow with potato tah-dig

    Etymology

    Borrowed from an Indic language, [1]derived from Prakrit[2]. Compare Hindi चावल (cāval, “rice”), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور‎ (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), Oriya ଚାଉଳ (cauḷô).

    Pronunciation
    • (Tehrani) IPA(key): [tʃʰelo]
    • IPA(key): [tʃʰeloʊ̯]
    • IPA(key): [tʃʰælæʊ̯]

    Noun

    چلو • (čelow) (plural چلوها‎ (čelow-hâ))

    1. plain cooked rice

    See also

    References
    1. Mo'in, Mohammad (1972), “چلو”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir,
    2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*cāmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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