beringela

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === berengela (obsolete) berinjela (Brazil) === 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 Galician berenxena and Spanish berenjena. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Homophone: berinjela Hyphenation: be‧rin‧ge‧la === Noun === beringela f (plural beringelas) (European Portuguese spelling) aubergine, eggplant (edible fruit) aubergine, eggplant (plant) ==== Descendants ==== → English: brinjal, bringal, bringall, bringaul, brinjall, brinjaul → Gujarati: બ્રિંજલ (briñjal) → Hunsrik: Bërinschela === Further reading === “beringela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “beringela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026