बिरयानी

Borrowed from Classical Persian بریانی (biryānī), from بریان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī).[1]

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/, [bɪɾ.jäː.niː]

बिरयानी • (biryānī) f (Urdu spelling بریانی)

1. 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;...

• → English: biryani, baryani, biriani
• → Malayalam: ബിരിയാണി (biriyāṇi), ബിര്യാനി (biryāni)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिरयानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “बिरयानी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• “बिरयानी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.