The status of a fully independent state should be contrasted with that of dependent or vassal states, where a superior state has the legal authority to impose its will over the subject, or inferior, state.
plural pilafs. Learner's definition of PILAF. [count, noncount] : a dish that is made of seasoned rice and vegetables and often meat. a vegetable pilaf. a serving of rice pilaf.
The Arabic word falafel (falÄfil) may be the plural of ÙÙÙÙ (filfil) 'pepper'. More relevantly, it is an adjective for fluffy/crunchy things, as in Ø±Ø² ÙÙÙÙÙ (roz mfalfel), a kind of cooked rice, and Ø´Ø¹Ø± ÙÙÙÙÙ (shar'r mfalfel), curly hair. Different spellings in English include felafel and filafil.