aubergine
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aubergine
- /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ UK
- /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/ US
- /ɔbə(r).(d)ʒin/ South Asia
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal, malidzano, and melongene.
noun aubergines
- An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel.
- A dark purple colour; eggplant.
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noun a dark purple colour
| 中文 | 茄紫色 qiézǐsè, 紅紫色 /红紫色 hóngzǐsè |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बैंगनी baiṅgnī |
| Ελληνικά | μελιτζανί melitzaní |
| Русский | тёмнофиолетовый tjómnofioletovyj, баклажа́новый baklažánovyj |
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