biryani
biryani · biryanis
бирьяни, бирияни
Biryani
A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetablesA spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
/bɪɾ.jɑː.niː/
» Sumit can whip up a killer veg biryani.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
Biryani
бирья́ниbirʹjáni, бирия́ниbirijáni
an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
Examples
3 sentencesSumit can whip up a killer veg biryani.
I ate the biryani.
I ate biryani yesterday.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
dish of spiced rice:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dish of spiced rice:
Origin
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बिरयानी (biryānī) / Urdu بِرْیَانی (biryānī)), from ClassiBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: biryanisSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables:biriani
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable