melongena
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Medieval Latin) aubergine
Etymology
Derived from μελιτζάνα derived from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان derived from Persian بادنجان (eggplant, aubergine).
Origin
Persian
بادنجان
Gloss
eggplant, 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
- Melanzani German
- melanzana Italian
- berenjena Spanish, Castilian
- beringela Portuguese
- भण्टाकी 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)
- badımcan Azerbaijani
- بادلجان Ottoman Turkish
- بادنجان Ottoman Turkish
- پاتلجان Ottoman Turkish
- ბადრიჯანი Georgian
- bilingani Swahili
- melancana Slovene
- milinciana Sicilian
- μελιτζάνα gkm
- berendjena Ladino
- دنجال Moroccan Arabic
- պատինճան Middle Armenian
- mulignana Neapolitan
- بدنجان Egyptian Arabic
- milinzana Sassarese