bilingani

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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān),[1][2] ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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bilingani (ma class, plural mabilingani)

  1. eggplant; aubergine (vegetable)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21 Nr. 149
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383: “/d/ > /l/ only in a very few cases: bāḏinjān/bayḏinjān > bilingani ‘eggplant’”
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