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beringela.

aubergine, eggplant (edible fruit)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/be.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/Brazil/bɨ.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/Portugal
  1. aubergine, eggplant (edible fruit)

    feminine
  2. aubergine, eggplant (plant)

    feminine
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 beringela Inherited 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. Compare Galician berenxena and Spanish berenjena.

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