bilingani
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān),[1][2] ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bilingani class V (plural mabilingani class VI)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2009), “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383 of 381-387: “/d/ > /l/ only in a very few cases: bāḏinjān/bayḏinjān > bilingani ‘eggplant’”