biryani
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English
Etymology
From Hindustani بِرْیَانی (biryānī) / बिरयानी (biryānī), from Classical Persian بریانی (biryānī), from بریان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī).[1]
Noun
biryani (countable and uncountable, plural biryanis)
- 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
Derived terms
- Pakki biryani:Thalassery biryani
- Kacchi biryani:Hyderabadi biryani
Translations
dish of spiced rice
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References
- Madhur Jaffery's Indian Cookery - Madhur Jaffery
- Abdulla, Ummi; Malabar Muslim Cookery(1993); Orient Blackswan; →ISBN
- ^ “Biryani; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011 November 1, retrieved 2013-07-18
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
< Hindustani بِرْیَانی (biryānī), possibly via English
Pronunciation
Noun
biryani
- biryani (South Asian dish of spiced rice)
Declension
| Inflection of biryani (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | biryani | biryanit | |
| genitive | biryanin | biryanien biryaneiden biryaneitten | |
| partitive | biryania | biryaneita biryaneja | |
| illative | biryaniin | biryaneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | biryani | biryanit | |
| accusative | nom. | biryani | biryanit |
| gen. | biryanin | ||
| genitive | biryanin | biryanien biryaneiden biryaneitten | |
| partitive | biryania | biryaneita biryaneja | |
| inessive | biryanissa | biryaneissa | |
| elative | biryanista | biryaneista | |
| illative | biryaniin | biryaneihin | |
| adessive | biryanilla | biryaneilla | |
| ablative | biryanilta | biryaneilta | |
| allative | biryanille | biryaneille | |
| essive | biryanina | biryaneina | |
| translative | biryaniksi | biryaneiksi | |
| abessive | biryanitta | biryaneitta | |
| instructive | — | biryanein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Portuguese
Noun
biryani m (plural biryanis)
- biryani (dish of spiced rice)