alberchena

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• alberjena (Ribagorza, Sobrepuerto, Somontano)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان‎ (al-bāḏinjān). Compare Catalan albergínia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeɾˈt͡ʃena/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: al‧ber‧che‧na

Noun

alberchena f (plural alberchenas)

1. eggplant

References

• “berenjena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “alberchena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN