ბადრიჯანი

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Georgian

ბადრიჯნები

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ბადლიჯანი (badliǯani), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بادلجان (badlican, eggplant), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, eggplant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /badrid͡ʒani/,
  • Hyphenation: ბად‧რი‧ჯა‧ნი

Noun

ბადრიჯანი (badriǯani) (plural ბადრიჯნები)

  1. aubergine, eggplant (fruit as well as plant)

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბადრიჯანი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბადრიჯანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბადრიჯანი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 43