melanzana
Italian (Fiorentino)
/me.lanˈdza.na/
noun
Definitions
- aubergine British; eggplant US
- (US) dummy as though “eggplant-head”
Etymology
Derived from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان derived from Persian بادنگان derived from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (aubergine).
Origin
Sanskrit
भण्डाकी
Gloss
aubergine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malidzano English
- melongena Latin
- Melanzani German
- berenjena Spanish, Castilian
- beringela Portuguese
- भण्टाकी Sanskrit
- भण्डाकी Sanskrit
- वातिगगम Sanskrit
- باذنجان Arabic
- باذنجان, اَلْبَاذِنْجَان Arabic
- بَاذِنْجَان Arabic
- melancana Serbo-Croatian
- меланцана Serbo-Croatian
- بادنجان Persian
- بادنگان Persian
- باذنجان Persian
- μελιτζάνα Greek (modern)
- μελιτζανοσαλάτα Greek (modern)
- bilingani Swahili
- melancana Slovene
- milinciana Sicilian
- μελιτζάνα gkm
- berendjena Ladino
- պատինճան Middle Armenian
- mulignana Neapolitan
- milinzana Sassarese