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
• Hyphenation: be‧ren‧xe‧na

Noun

berenxena f (plural berenxenes)

1. eggplant, aubergine

Derived terms

• berenxenal

Galician

Alternative forms

• berinxela

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor.

Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor.

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha

Galician berenxena

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

Noun

berenxena f (plural berenxenas)

1. eggplant, aubergine

References

• “berenxena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025