Etymology

brinjal

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Today it means: An aubergine or eggplant. Full definition →

Portuguese beringela ← Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha ← Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)
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The story

  1. Proto-Dravidian*waẓVtV
  2. Sanskritवातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)
  3. Classical Persianبَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)
  4. Arabicبَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)
  5. Old Galician-Portugueseberengenha
  6. Portugueseberingela
  7. English todaybrinjal

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.

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