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brinjal

noun

  1. the vegetable aubergine; eggplant
  2. the aubergine plant Solanum melongena
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/ / /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder. Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor. Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor. Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha Portuguese beringelabor. English brinjal 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.

  1. 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”