बिरयानी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بِرْیَانِی (biryānī).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/, [bɪɾ.jäː.niː]
Noun
बिरयानी • (biryānī) f (Urdu spelling بریانی)
- biryani (dish of spiced rice)
- January 2019, Sarita, Delhi Press, page 107:
- लगभग 2 घंटे बाद सारा घर ही उसकी भीषण तैयारी से बन रही बिरयानी की गवाही दे रहा था. हौल में प्याज लहसुन के छिलके पौलिथीन में पड़े थे. अदरक के छिलके चेस की गोटियां बने टेबल पर चिपके ...
- lagbhag 2 ghaṇṭe bād sārā ghar hī uskī bhīṣaṇ taiyārī se ban rahī biryānī kī gavāhī de rahā thā. haul mẽ pyāj lahsun ke chilke paulithīn mẽ paṛe the. adrak ke chilke ces kī goṭiyā̃ bane ṭebal par cipke ...
- After about 2 hours, the entire itself house was witnessing the grueling preparation of her biryani. In the hall, onion-garlic peels were lying in polythene. Ginger peels like chess pieces were stuck on the table;...
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बिरयानी biryānī |
बिरयानियाँ biryāniyā̃ |
| oblique | बिरयानी biryānī |
बिरयानियों biryāniyõ |
| vocative | बिरयानी biryānī |
बिरयानियो biryāniyo |
Descendants
- → English: biryani, baryani, biriani
- → Kannada: ಬಿರಿಯಾನಿ (biriyāni)
- → Malayalam: ബിരിയാണി (biriyāṇi)
- → Mauritian Creole: briani
- → Tamil: பிரியாணி (piriyāṇi)
- → Telugu: బిర్యాని (biryāni)
References
- ^ “biryani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “बिरयानी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिरयानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “बिरयानी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.