biryani

English

Etymology

From Hindustani بریانی (bryānī) / बिरयानी (biryānī), from Classical Persian بریانی (biryānī), from بریان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī).

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) (biriẏani)
• 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)
• Macedonian: бирија́ни n (birijáni)
• Malay: beriani
• Malayalam: ബിരിയാണി (ml) (biriyāṇi)
• Marathi: बिर्यानी f (biryānī)
• Mauritian Creole: briani
• Odia: ବିରିୟାନୀ (biriyani)
• Persian: بریانی (fa) (beryâni)
• Portuguese: biryani m
• Punjabi: ਬਿਰਯਾਨੀ (biryānī), بریانی (breyānī)
• 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

Further reading

• biryani on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

biryani m (plural biryanis)

1. biryani (dish of spiced rice)