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Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), earlier بادنگان (bâdengân), an Indo-Aryan borrowing, from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, eggplant).

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berendjena f (Latin spelling, plural berendjenas)

  1. eggplant, aubergine