aubergine
Meanings
Plural: aubergines
Noun
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
- An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- A dark purple colour; eggplant.
Origin / Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal.
Synonyms
brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena, the list at eggplant
Scrabble Score: 12
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