How To Pronounce Biryani

In British English, biryani is pronounced /ˌbɪr.iˈɑː.ni/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌbɪr.iˈɑː.ni]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌbɪr.iˈɑː.ni/.

Biryani has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.