bilingani

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun edit

bilingani (ma class, plural mabilingani)

eggplant; aubergine (vegetable)

Derived terms edit

mbilingani

References edit

Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383

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