بولانی

Persian

― A tray of Bolani

Etymology

Uncertain, traditional dictionaries derive it from earlier (bōrānī / burâni, a food), from (bōrān / burân, female given name) +‎ (-ī / -i, adjective forming suffix). Boran here refers to either Boran the daughter of Sassanian king Khosrow II, or Boran the wife of Abbasid caliph al-Maʼmūn.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /boː.laː.ˈniː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boː.lɑː.niː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [boː.lɑː.niː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bʊː.lɔː.ni]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.lɒː.niː], [bo.lɒː.niː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɵ.lɔ.ni]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bōlānī
Dari reading^?	bōlānī
Iranian reading^?	bulâni, bolâni
Tajik reading^?	büloni

Noun

بولانی • (bōlānī / bulâni, bolâni) (Tajik spelling бӯлонӣ)

(Dari) bolani, a kind of flatbread with savoury filling

References

^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بورانی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

[1] Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بورانی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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