berenxena

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Compare Spanish berenjena, Portuguese beringela. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾenˈʃena/ [be.ɾẽɲˈʃe.na] Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: be‧ren‧xe‧na === Noun === berenxena f (plural berenxenes) eggplant, aubergine ==== Derived terms ==== berenxenal === Further reading === Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “berenxena”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “berenxena”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Alternative forms === berinxela beringela (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha, borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Compare Portuguese beringela and Spanish berenjena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾenˈʃena/ [be.ɾenʲˈʃe.nɐ] Rhymes: -ena Hyphenation: be‧ren‧xe‧na === Noun === berenxena f (plural berenxenas) eggplant, aubergine === References === “berenxena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026