bilingani

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān),[1][2] ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bilingani class V (plural mabilingani class VI)

  1. eggplant; aubergine (vegetable)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21 Nr. 149
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383 of 381-387: “/d/ > /l/ only in a very few cases: bāḏinjān/bayḏinjān > bilingani ‘eggplant’”
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