albergínia
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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
albergínia f (plural albergínies)
Alternative forms
- esbergínia (nonstandard)
Descendants
- → Basque: alberjinia
- → French: aubergine (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “albergínia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “albergínia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “albergínia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “albergínia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.