berengenha

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === bringella *berengela (attested through a surname) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. === Noun === berengenha f (plural *berengenhas) aubergine, eggplant ==== Descendants ==== Fala: berenjena Galician: berenxena Portuguese: beringela, berengela (obsolete), berinjela (Brazil)→ English: brinjal, bringal, bringall, bringaul, brinjall, brinjaul→ Gujarati: બ્રિંજલ (briñjal)→ Hunsrik: Bërinschela === References === Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “berengenha”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “berenge+a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “berengenha”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “beringela”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa