berenxena

Asturian

Etymology

From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Compare Spanish berenjena, Portuguese beringela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾenˈʃena/ [be.ɾẽɲˈʃe.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: be‧ren‧xe‧na

Noun

berenxena f (plural berenxenes)

  1. eggplant, aubergine

Derived terms

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Inherited 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. Compare Portuguese beringela and Spanish berenjena.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /beɾenˈʃena/ [be.ɾenʲˈʃe.nɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ena
    • Hyphenation: be‧ren‧xe‧na

    Noun

    berenxena f (plural berenxenas)

    1. eggplant, aubergine

    References

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