biryani
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Bangladesh/bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/
biryani noun: a spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Noun
biryani (countable and uncountable, plural biryanis)
- A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
- Thereafter, the menu is divided into a number of sections: Syrian Christian specialities from Kerala; coastal seafood dishes; Malabar biryanis; vegetable curries; and special dosas.2008, Charles Campion, London Restaurant Guide 2009, page 8
biryani meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
biryani in Hindi
- dish of spiced rice
- बिरयानी biryānī
biryani in Tamil
- dish of spiced rice
- பிரியாணி piriyāṇi
biryani in Marathi
- dish of spiced rice
- बिर्याणी biryāṇī
biryani in Urdu
- dish of spiced rice
- بریانی biryānī
More languagesFewer languages
- biryani in Bengali
- বিরিয়ানী biriẏani
- biryani in Telugu
- బిర్యాని biryāni
- biryani in Malayalam
- ബിരിയാണി biriyāṇi
- biryani in Kannada
- ಬಿರಿಯಾನಿ biriyāni
- biryani in Punjabi
- ਬਿਰਿਆਨੀ biriānī, بریانی breyānī
- biryani in Gujarati
- બિરયાની biryānī
- biryani in Odia
- ବିରିୟାନୀ biriyāni
- biryani in Sinhala
- බුරියානි buriyāni
- biryani in Assamese
- বিৰিয়ানি biriani
- biryani in Arabic
- بِرْيَانِي biryānī
- biryani in Malay
- beriani
- biryani in Indonesian
- biryani
- biryani in Persian
- بریانی beryâni
- biryani in Thai
- ข้าวหมก kâao mòk
- biryani in Myanmar
- ဒံပေါက် dampauk
- Sindhi
- برياني biriyāni
- Dhivehi
- ބިރިޔާނީ biriyānī
Forms of biryani
| plural | biryanis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | baryani |
| alternative form | biriani |
Origin of biryani
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बिरयानी (biryānī) / Urdu بِرْیَانی (biryānī)), from Classical Persian بِرْیَانِی (biryānī), from بِرْیَان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī). Doublet of briam.
Words formed from biryani
- Pakki biryani:Thalassery biryani
- Kacchi biryani:Hyderabadi biryani
Questions about biryani
- What does biryani mean?
- Biryani means a spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
- What is biryani in Hindi?
- Biryani in Hindi is बिरयानी (biryānī). See Biryani meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is biryani?
- Biryani is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biryani?
- Biryani is pronounced /bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/ (Bangladesh).
- What is the plural of biryani?
- The plural of biryani is biryanis.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: biryani (page history and authors); બિરયાની (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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