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melanzana.

aubergine/eggplant

9 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/me.lanˈd͡za.na//me.lanˈt͡sa.na/

  1. aubergine/eggplant

    feminine

  2. dummy (as though “eggplant-head”)

    US · feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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