brinjal

Meaning

An aubergine or eggplant.

Synonyms

eggplant

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aubergine

eggplant bush

garden egg

eggfruit

mad apple

brown jolly

egg-plant

Solanum melongena

melongene

egg-fruit

aubergines

guinea squash

Translations

aubergine

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Aubergine

Eierfrucht

melanzana

berenjena

berinjela

aubergine

باذنجان

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beringela

Melanzani

albergínia

mélongène

παπούτσι

μελιτζάνα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.
Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor.
Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor.
Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor.
Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha
Portuguese beringelabor.
English brinjal
Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, from Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha, borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Doublet of aubergine.