berengenha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • *berengela (attested through a surname)

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV.

    Noun

    berengenha f (plural *berengenhas)

    1. (hapax legomenon) aubergine, eggplant

    Descendants

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