beringela

Meaning

(feminine) aubergine, eggplant (edible fruit)
(feminine) aubergine, eggplant (plant)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

be‧rin‧ge‧la

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/be.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bādinjān), from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī, “aubergine”), of Dravidian origin. Compare Galician berinxela, berenxena and Spanish berenjena.