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biryani
or bi·ri·a·ni
[ bir-ee-ah-nee ]
noun
- a spicy Indian dish of rice with meat or vegetables, flavored with saffron or turmeric.
biryani
/ ˌbɪrɪˈɑːnɪ /
noun
- any of a variety of Indian dishes made with rice, highly flavoured and coloured with saffron or turmeric, mixed with meat or fish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of biryani1
1930–35; < Hindi, Urdu biryānī from Persian biryan “fried, roasted”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of biryani1
from Urdu
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Example Sentences
Pakistani police make no apologies of monitoring Student Biryani or the “Mosque of the Way of the Trusted One.”
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