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 (plural berendjenas)

1. eggplant, aubergine