albergínia

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === verginya (Alghero) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əl.βərˈʒi.ni.ə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.bərˈʒi.ni.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.beɾˈd͡ʒi.ni.a] === Noun === albergínia f (plural albergínies) aubergine, eggplant ==== Alternative forms ==== esbergínia (nonstandard) ==== Descendants ==== → Basque: alberjinia → French: aubergine (see there for further descendants) === Further reading === “albergínia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “albergínia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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.