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brinjal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/ (India, Malaysia, Singapore)
• /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, South-Africa, South-Asia) An aubergine or eggplant.
   • Hindustan produces abundance of wheat, and throughout India the natives are plentifully supplied with vegetables and fruit; the brinjal, tomato, yam, carrot, radish, onion, garlic, spinach cabbage, nowkohl, cucumbers, and other gourds, may be mentioned among the former 1858, George Trevor, India, an historical sketch, page 14:

Forms

Relateds

brown jolly

Synonyms

the list at eggplant