brinjal
/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/
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brinjal noun: an aubergine or eggplant.
Noun
brinjal (plural brinjals)
- An aubergine or eggplant.
- Hindustan produces abundance of wheat, and throughout India the natives are plentifully supplied with vegetables and fruit; the brinjal, tomato, yam, carrot, radish, onion, garlic, spinach cabbage, nowkohl, cucumbers, and other gourds, may be mentioned among the former1858, George Trevor, India, an historical sketch, page 14
- Synonyms:
- the list at eggplant
brinjal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
brinjal in Tamil
- கத்தரிக்காய், கத்திரிக்காய்வகை, வழுதுணங்காய்வகை, கத்தரிச்செடி
brinjal in Urdu
- بینگن, بھانٹا
brinjal in Bengali
- brinjal, eggplant, aubergine
- বার্তাকু bartaku
brinjal in Malayalam
- brinjal, aubergine, eggplant
- വഴുതനങ്ങ vaḻutanaṅṅa, വഴുതന vaḻutana, കത്തിരിക്ക kattirikka
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- brinjal in Kannada
- ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ badanēkāyi
- brinjal in Punjabi
- ਬੈਂਗਣ baiṅgaṇ
- brinjal in Sanskrit
- भण्टाकी bhaṇṭākī
Synonyms of brinjal
- the list at eggplant
Forms of brinjal
| plural | brinjals |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bringal |
| alternative form | bringall |
| alternative form | bringaul |
| alternative form | brinjall |
| alternative form | brinjaul |
Origin of brinjal
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, malidzano, and melongene.
Questions about brinjal
- What does brinjal mean?
- Brinjal means an aubergine or eggplant.
- What is brinjal in Tamil?
- Brinjal in Tamil is கத்தரிக்காய், கத்திரிக்காய்வகை, வழுதுணங்காய்வகை. See Brinjal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brinjal?
- Brinjal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brinjal?
- Brinjal is pronounced /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/.
- What is the plural of brinjal?
- The plural of brinjal is brinjals.
Words near brinjal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brinjal (page history and authors); brinjal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brinjal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বার্তাকু (Bengali) (page history and authors); കത്തിരിക്ക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਬੈਂਗਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); भण्टाकी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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