چلو
Pashto
Etymology
Compare to Persian چلو (čelow, “rice”), itself borrowed from an Indic language, [1]derived from Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮 (cāula).[2] Compare Urdu چاوَل (cāval) / Hindi चावल (cāval, “rice”), Punjabi چَول (caul) / ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), and Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa).
Noun
چلو • (transliteration needed) ?
- plain cooked rice
References
- ^ Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “چلو”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir, [1]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cāmala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Persian

Etymology
Borrowed from an Indic language.[1] Compare Hindi चावल (cāval, “rice”), Punjabi ਚੌਲ (caul), Sindhi چانور (cã̄uru, “grain of rice cleansed from the husk”), Odia ଚାଉଳ (cāuḷa); see चावल (cāval) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
چلو • (čelow) (plural چلوها (čelow-hâ))
- plain cooked rice
See also
References
- ^ Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “چلو”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir, [2]