melanzana

Meaning

1. (feminine) aubergine/eggplant
2. (US, feminine) dummy (as though “eggplant-head”)

Concepts

eggplant

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aubergine

brinjal

mad apple

brown jolly

eggfruit

eggplant bush

guinea squash

melongene

aubergine

egg-fruit

egg-plant

garden egg

Solanum melongena

Synonyms

melangianu

Translations

aubergine

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Aubergine

berenjena

berinjela

patlıcan

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aubergine

μελιτζάνα

Melanzani

Eierfrucht

albergínia

باذنجان

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beringela

παπούτσι

Hyphenated as

me‧lan‧zà‧na

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.lanˈd͡za.na/

Etymology

From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī) or वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.