bilingani

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

bilingani (ma class, plural mabilingani)

  1. eggplant; aubergine (vegetable)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Baldi, Sergio (2009) “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383
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