The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromبِرْیَانِی
- Urdu · borrowed fromبِرْیَانی
- Hindi · borrowed fromबिरयानी
- English todaybiryani
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.