brinjal
English
/bɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/
noun
Definitions
- (India) An aubergine or eggplant.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese beringela derived from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان derived from Persian بادنجان (eggplant, aubergine) derived from Sanskrit वातिगगम (eggplant, the plant that cures the wind).
Origin
Sanskrit
वातिगगम
Gloss
eggplant, the plant that cures the wind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- melanzana Italian
- berenjena Spanish, Castilian
- beringela Portuguese
- भण्टाकी Sanskrit
- वातिगगम Sanskrit
- باذنجان Arabic
- باذنجان, اَلْبَاذِنْجَان Arabic
- بَاذِنْجَان Arabic
- بادنجان Persian
- بادنگان Persian
- باذنجان Persian
- badımcan Azerbaijani
- بادلجان Ottoman Turkish
- بادنجان Ottoman Turkish
- پاتلجان Ottoman Turkish
- ბადრიჯანი Georgian
- બ્રિંજલ Gujarati
- bilingani Swahili
- μελιτζάνα gkm
- berendjena Ladino
- دنجال Moroccan Arabic
- պատինճան Middle Armenian
- mulignana Neapolitan
- بدنجان Egyptian Arabic