brinjal

== English == === Alternative forms === bringal, bringall, bringaul, brinjall, brinjaul === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, 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. Doublet of aubergine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/ (India, Singapore, Malaysia) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/ === Noun === brinjal (plural brinjals) (India, South Asia, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore) An aubergine or eggplant. ==== Synonyms ==== See the list at eggplant. ==== Related terms ==== brown jolly ==== Translations ==== === References === John Richardson; Sir Charles Wilkins; David Hopkins (1810), A vocabulary, Persian, Arabic, and English: abridged from the quarto edition, page 87 1903, Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, p. 115-116 “Three Pandits”, in Learn Telugu through English in One Month, 1st edition, 2003, page 63 Ranga Rao. (2009), Learn Kannada in 30 Days, 27th edition, page 43