Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian melanzana, reshaped with mela from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân). an Indo-Aryan borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

melàncāna f (Cyrillic spelling мела̀нца̄на) (regional)

  1. aubergine, eggplant

Declension edit

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian melanzana, reshaped with mela from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from an Indo-Aryan language.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

melancȃna f

  1. aubergine, eggplant

Inflection edit

 
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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. melancana
gen. sing. melancane
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
melancana melancani melancane
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
melancane melancan melancan
dative
(dajȃlnik)
melancani melancanama melancanam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
melancano melancani melancane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
melancani melancanah melancanah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
melancano melancanama melancanami