brinjal

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brinjal

/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/
/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/ India, Malaysia, Singapore

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Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, from Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha, borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Doublet of aubergine, malidzano, and melongene.

noun brinjals · bringal · bringall · bringaul · brinjall · brinjaul

Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, South Asia An aubergine or eggplant. Hindustan produces abundance of wheat, and throughout India the natives are plentifully supplied with vegetables and fruit; the brinjal, tomato, yam, carrot, radish, onion, garlic, spinach cabbage, nowkohl, cucumbers, and other gourds, may be mentioned among the former
Similar: the list at eggplant

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@misc{brinjal_2026,
  title = {brinjal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brinjal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}