patëllxhan

Albanian

Alternative forms

• patrixhan — Tosk
• patlixhân, patllixhân, patlixhon — Gheg
• patrixhanë, patelixhan, patellixhan, patligjan, patrigjan, patëlxhane, patërxhane, patlexhane

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patəɫˈd͡ʒan/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒan
• Hyphenation: pa‧tëll‧xhán

Noun

patëllxhan m (plural patëllxhána, definite patëllxháni, definite plural patëllxhánat)

1. eggplant, aubergine, brinjal

   Synonyms: melixhane, koqeve

2. (colloquial) variety of fig shaped like and eggplant

   Synonym: fik patëllxhanës

3. (dialectal, Kosovo) tomato

   Synonym: domate

Further reading

• “patëllxhan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “patëllxhan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “patlixhan, patllixhan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356