patëllxhan
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- patrixhan — Tosk[1]
- patlixhân, patllixhân, patlixhon — Gheg
- patrixhanë, patelixhan, patellixhan, patligjan, patrigjan, patëlxhane, patërxhane, patlexhane
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]patëllxhan m (plural patëllxhána, definite patëllxháni, definite plural patëllxhánat)
- eggplant, aubergine, brinjal
- (colloquial) variety of fig shaped like and eggplant
- Synonym: fik patëllxhanës
- (dialectal, Kosovo) tomato
- Synonym: domate
References
[edit]- ^ Fjalor i gjuhës sërbishte ose kroatishte dhe i shqipes
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “patëllxhan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 355
Further reading
[edit]- “patëllxhan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “patëllxhan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “patlixhan, patllixhan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356
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