albergínia

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.βərˈʒi.ni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.bərˈʒi.ni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.beɾˈd͡ʒi.ni.a]

Noun

albergínia f (plural albergínies)

1. aubergine, eggplant

Descendants

• → Basque: alberjinia
• → French: aubergine
  • Haitian Creole: berejèn
  • → Breton: berjinezenn
  • → Danish: aubergine
  • → Dutch: aubergine
  • → English: aubergine
    • Bislama: obesin
  • → German: Aubergine
  • → Limburgish: oberzjien
  • → Lower Sorbian: oberžina
  • → Luxembourgish: Aubergine
  • → Manx: auberjeen
  • → Norman: aubèrginne
  • → North Frisian: aubergine
  • → Norwegian: aubergine
  • → Occitan: aubergina
  • → Picard: oubàrjine
  • → Piedmontese: obergin-a
  • → Polish: oberżyna
  • → Romansch: oberschina
  • → Scots: aubergine
  • → Swedish: aubergin
  • → Walloon: åberdjene
  • → West Frisian: auberzjine