بریانی

Persian

Etymology

Classical Persian بریان (biryān) + ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪɾ.jɑː.niː]

• (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

Dari	بریانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Бирёнӣ

بریانی • (beryâni)

1. 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 بِرْیَانِی (biryānī).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

بِرْیَانِی • (biryānī) f (Hindi spelling बिरयानी)

1. 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

• Fallon, S. W. (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, 2026.
• 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.