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biryani

/bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
biryani
IPA
/bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बिरयानी (biryānī) / Urdu بِرْیَانی (biryānī)), from Classical Persian بِرْیَانِی (biryānī), from بِرْیَان (biryān, “roast”) (from برشتن (birištan, “to roast”)) + the suffix ـی (-ī). Doublet of briam.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: बिरयानी, بِرْیَانی, بِرْیَانِی

Usage

Inflected Forms

biryanis (plural) baryani (alternative) biriani (alternative)

Phrases

Pakki biryani:Thalassery biryani Kacchi biryani:Hyderabadi biryani

Synonyms

biriani

Questions

How do you pronounce biryani?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/.
What does biryani mean?
A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Where does biryani come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce biryani

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