aubergine

aubergine
Significado

  1. An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
  2. The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
  3. A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈoʊbɚʒin/
Etimoloxía

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “the plant that cures the wind”), cognate with Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana). Doublet of brinjal.

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