mulignana
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī, “aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). (melingian > meligniana > mulignana) Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.liɲ.ˈɲa.nə/
- Hyphenation: mu‧li‧gnà‧na
Noun
mulignana f (plural mulignane)
- eggplant, aubergine
- bruise