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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān),[1][2] ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).
Pronunciation
Noun
bilingani (ma class, plural mabilingani)
- eggplant; aubergine (vegetable)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21 Nr. 149
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383 of 381-387: “/d/ > /l/ only in a very few cases: bāḏinjān/bayḏinjān > bilingani ‘eggplant’”