brinjal.
An aubergine or eggplant.
Meaning & usage
An aubergine or eggplant.
Where this word comes from
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, malidzano, and melongene.
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