köken: Borrowed from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْگَان (bādingān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “eggplant”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV.
aubergine/eggplant · dummy (as though “eggplant-head”)
çekim: çoğul melanzane
eş: petonciano, petronciano, petronciana
köken: From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī) or वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.
köken: Borrowed from Russian баклажа́н (baklažán), from Ottoman Turkish بادلجان (badlıcan) and reshaped under the influence of бакла́га (baklága), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān). Compare Tatar баклаҗан (baqlacan), Kyrgyz баклажан (baklajan /baqlajan/), Yazghulami бақлаҷон (baqlaǰon), dialectal Tajik боқлаҷон (boqlajon). Doublet of potinjon (“eggplant; tomato”), which is from Persian…
an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena · the fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit)
çekim: çoğul aubergines
eş: eierplant, eiervrucht
köken: Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder. Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor. Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor. Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha Portuguese beringela Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha, borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण…
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek μελιντζάνα (melintzána) under the influence of Italian melanzana, both from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān, “aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), ultimately from Dravidian. Doublet of βαζάνι (vazáni) and πατλιτζάνι (patlitzáni).
köken: From Bulgarian патладжан (patladžan), dialectal патлиджан (patlidžan), from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân, “aubergine, eggplant”). First attested in 1889.
köken: Medieval Latin, compare Italian melanzana. From Byzantine Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bādinjān).