melongene

Meaning

An aubergine; an eggplant.

Synonyms

aubergine

brinjal

eggplant

🍆

guinea squash

Translations

Aubergine

Eierfrucht

Melanzani

aubergine

🍆

melanzana

aubergine

berinjela

berenjena

Etymology

From French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of malidzano.