brinjal

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brinjal

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, eggplant), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Doublet of aubergine.

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brinjal (plural brinjals)

  1. (South Asia, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore) An aubergine or eggplant.
    • 1858, George Trevor, India, an historical sketch, page 14:
      Hindustan produces abundance of wheat, and throughout India the natives are plentifully supplied with vegetables and fruit; the brinjal, tomato, yam, carrot, radish, onion, garlic, spinach cabbage, nowkohl, cucumbers, and other gourds, may be mentioned among the former

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  • John Richardson, Sir Charles Wilkins, David Hopkins (1810) A vocabulary, Persian, Arabic, and English: abridged from the quarto edition, page 87
  • 1903, Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, p. 115-116
  • “Three Pandits”, in Learn Telugu through English in One Month, 1st edition, 2003, page 63
  • Ranga Rao. (2009) Learn Kannada in 30 Days, 27th edition, page 43