biryani

biryani

English

Etymology

From Hindi बिरयानी (biryānī)/Urdu بریانی‎ (biryānī), from Persian بریانی‎ (biryānī), compound of بریان‎ (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن‎ (birištan, “to roast”)) and the suffix ـی‎ (-ī).[1]

Noun

biryani (countable and uncountable, plural biryanis)

1. A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
   • 2008, Charles Campion, London Restaurant Guide 2009, page 8:

     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.

Alternative forms

• baryani, biriani

Derived terms

• Pakki biryani:Thalassery biryani
• Kacchi biryani:Hyderabadi biryani

Translations

dish of spiced rice

Arabic: بِرْيَانِي‎ m (biryānī) Assamese: বিৰিয়ানি (biriani) Bengali: বিরিয়ানি (bn) (biriyani) Burmese: ဒံပေါက် (my) (dampauk) Chinese: Mandarin: 印度香飯／印度香饭 (Yìndù xiàngfàn) Dhivehi: ބިރިޔާނީ‎ (biriyānī) Finnish: biryani French: biryani (fr) m, biriani (fr) m, beriani m German: Biryani (de) n Hindi: बिरयानी f (biryānī) Indonesian: biryani Japanese: ビリヤニ (ja) (biriyani), ビリヤーニー (biriyānī) Malay: beriani Malayalam: ബിരിയാണി (ml) (biriyāṇi) Marathi: बिर्यानी f (biryānī) Mauritian Creole: briani Oriya: ବିରିୟାନୀ (biriyani) Persian: بریانی‎ (fa) (beryâni) Portuguese: biryani m Punjabi: ਬਿਰਯਾਨੀ (biryānī), بریانی‎ (briyanī) Russian: бирья́ни (ru) n (birʹjáni), бирия́ни n (birijáni) Santali: ᱵᱤᱨᱤᱭᱟᱱᱤ (biriyani) Sindhi: برياني‎ (biriyāni) Sinhalese: බුරියානි (buriyāni) Spanish: biryani m Tamil: பிரியாணி (ta) (piriyāṇi) Telugu: బిర్యాని (te) (biryāni) Thai: ข้าวหมก (th) (kâao mòk) (Thai version) Urdu: بریانی‎ f (biryānī)

References

• Madhur Jaffery's Indian Cookery - Madhur Jaffery
• Abdulla, Ummi; Malabar Muslim Cookery(1993); Orient Blackswan; →ISBN

1. “Biryani; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011-11-01, retrieved 2013-07-18

Further reading

• biryani on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Noun

biryani m (plural biryanis)

1. biryani (dish of spiced rice)