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Yiddish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan), either directly or possibly via a Slavic language; compare Polish bakłażan, Russian баклажа́н (baklažán), Serbo-Croatian patlìdžān/патлѝџа̄н, and also non-Slavic Hungarian padlizsán.
Pronunciation
Noun
פּאַטלעזשאַן • (patlezhan) m, plural פּאַטלעזשאַנעס (patlezhanes)
- eggplant, aubergine
- Synonyms: אָבערזשינע (oberzhine), מעלאַנזשען (melanzhen), אייערוווּקס (eyervuks), אייער־געוויקס (eyer-geviks), אייערפֿרוכט (eyerfrukht), בלויע פּאַטלעזשאַנע (bloye patlezhane), באָנדזשינע (bondzhine)
Derived terms
References
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “eggplant”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 101
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “patlažán”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 662
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַטלעזשאַן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .