berendjena

Ladino

Alternative forms

• berenjena, merenjena

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), earlier بادنگان (bâdengân), an Indo-Aryan borrowing, from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

Noun

berendjena f (Hebrew spelling בירינג׳ינה, plural berendjenas)

1. eggplant; aubergine
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], Nur Afakot, page 209:

     Aharon odia las berendjenas, i de kuando lo konosko yo, no ay manera de azérselas komer, a parte ke fritas en muncha azeyte.

     Aharon hates eggplants, and there’s no way to make him eat them when I am acquainted with him, in addition to fried patties with lots of oil.