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Maltese
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Etymology
From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân). The word shows a great variety of phonetic alterations among Arabic dialects. The same form as in Maltese appears to underly in Portuguese beringela.
Pronunciation
Noun
brunġiel m (collective, singulative brunġiela, paucal brunġiliet)
- eggplants, aubergines
- (figuratively) black eyes
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