બ્રિંજલ

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor.

Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor.

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha

Portuguese beringelabor.

English brinjalbor.

Gujarati બ્રિંજલ

Borrowed from English brinjal. Doublet of વેંગણ (veṅgaṇ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiɲ.d͡ʒəl/

Noun

બ્રિંજલ • (briñjal) f

1. aubergine (UK), eggplant (US)