beringela

Portuguese

beringela (1)

beringela (2)

Alternative forms

• berengela (obsolete)
• berinjela (Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor.

Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor.

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha

Portuguese beringela

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 Galician berenxena and Spanish berenjena.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ɾĩˈʒɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Homophone: berinjela
• Hyphenation: be‧rin‧ge‧la

Noun

beringela f (plural beringelas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. aubergine, eggplant (edible fruit)
2. aubergine, eggplant (plant)

Descendants

• → English: brinjal, bringal, bringall, bringaul, brinjall, brinjaul
• → Gujarati: બ્રિંજલ (briñjal)
• → Hunsrik: Bërinschela