بریانی

Persian

Etymology

Classical Persian (biryān) + (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /biɾ.jaː.ˈniː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪɾ.jɑː.niː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪɾ.jɑː.niː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biɾ.jɔː.ni]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [beɹ.jɒː.niː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [biɾ.jɔ.ni]

Readings
Classical reading^?	biryānī
Dari reading^?	biryānī
Iranian reading^?	beryâni
Tajik reading^?	biryoni

Noun


Iranian Persian	بریانی
Dari	بریانی
Tajik	Бирyонӣ

بریانی • (beryâni)

biryani

Descendants

→ Assamese: বিৰিয়ানী (biriani)
→ Bengali: বিরিয়ানী (biriẏani)
→ Gujarati: બિરયાની (biryānī)
→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)
Hindi: बिरयानी (biryānī)

Urdu: بِرْیَانِی (biryānī)
→ Marathi: बिर्याणी (biryāṇī)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਬਿਰਿਆਨੀ (biriānī)

Shahmukhi script: بِرْیَانِی (biryānī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (biryānī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

بِرْیَانِی • (biryānī) f (Hindi spelling बिरयानी)

biryani

Declension

Declension of **بریانی**
	singular	plural
direct	بِرْیَانی (biryānī)	بِرْیَانِیاں (biryāniyā̃)
oblique	بِرْیَانی (biryānī)	بِرْیَانِیوں (biryāniyō̃)
vocative	بِرْیَانی (biryānī)	بِرْیَانِیو (biryāniyō)

Descendants

→ English: biryani, baryani, biriani
→ Kannada: ಬಿರಿಯಾನಿ (biriyāni)
→ Malayalam: ബിരിയാണി (biriyāṇi)
→ Mauritian Creole: briani
→ Tamil: பிரியாணி (piriyāṇi)
→ Telugu: బిర్యాని (biryāni)

Further reading

S. W. Fallon (1879) “بریانی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 250
Platts, John T. (1884) “بریانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 151
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بریانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 110
“بریانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
John Shakespear (1834) “بریانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1929
“بریانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.