noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:/bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:[bɪɾ.jäː.niː]
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:/bɪ.ɾə.jɑː.niː/
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:[bɪ.ɾɐ.jäː.niː]
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:/bɪ.ɾɪ.jɑː.niː/
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka:[bɪ.ɾi.jäː.niː]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biriani
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
History
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).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بِرْيَانِي
(biryānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Assamese:
বিৰিয়ানি
(biriani)
— dish of spiced rice
Bengali:
বিরিয়ানী
(biriẏani)
— dish of spiced rice
Burmese:
ဒံပေါက်
(dampauk)
— dish of spiced rice
Chinese Mandarin:
印度香飯 /印度香饭
(Yìndù xiàngfàn)
— dish of spiced rice
Dhivehi:
ބިރިޔާނީ
(biriyānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Finnish:
biryani
— dish of spiced rice
French:
biryani
— dish of spiced rice
French:
biriani
— dish of spiced rice
French:
beriani
— dish of spiced rice
German:
Biryani
— dish of spiced rice
Hindi:
बिरयानी
(biryānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Indonesian:
biryani
— dish of spiced rice
Japanese:
ビリヤニ
(biriyani)
— dish of spiced rice
Japanese:
ビリヤーニー
(biriyānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Kannada:
ಬಿರಿಯಾನಿ
(biriyāni)
— dish of spiced rice
Korean:
비르야니
(bireuyani)
— dish of spiced rice
Macedonian:
бирија́ни
(birijáni)
— dish of spiced rice
Malay:
beriani
— dish of spiced rice
Malayalam:
ബിരിയാണി
(biriyāṇi)
— dish of spiced rice
Marathi:
बिर्याणी
(biryāṇī)
— dish of spiced rice
Mauritian Creole:
briyani
— dish of spiced rice
Norwegian Bokmål:
biryani
— dish of spiced rice
Odia:
ବିରିୟାନୀ
(biriyāni)
— dish of spiced rice
Persian:
بریانی
(beryâni)
— dish of spiced rice
Portuguese:
biryani
— dish of spiced rice
Punjabi:
ਬਿਰਿਆਨੀ
(biriānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Punjabi:
بریانی
(breyānī)
— dish of spiced rice
Russian:
бирья́ни
(birʹjáni)
— dish of spiced rice
Russian:
бирия́ни
(birijáni)
— dish of spiced rice
Santali:
ᱵᱤᱨᱤᱭᱟᱱᱤ
(biriyani)
— dish of spiced rice
Sindhi:
برياني
(biriyāni)
— dish of spiced rice
Sinhalese:
බුරියානි
(buriyāni)
— dish of spiced rice
