բադրիջան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բադրջան (badrǰan), բադինջան (badinǰan), բադիրջան (badirǰan), բադումջան (badumǰan), բալդըրջան (baldərǰan), պաթլիջան (patʻliǰan), պատըլճան (patəlčan), պատըրջան (patərǰan), պատիծան (patican), պատիճան (patičan), պատինճան (patinčan), պատնճան (patnčan), պատնչան (patnčʻan), պատնջան (patnǰan), պատրիչան (patričʻan), պատրջամ (patrǰam), պորինջան (porinǰan), փաթլիջան (pʻatʻliǰan)

Etymology

The literary form բադրիջան (badriǰan) is adopted from the Tbilisi dialect and is borrowed from Georgian ბადრიჯანი (badriǯani). Some of the alternative forms are from Middle Armenian պատինճան (patinčan) and its by-forms and some are from Ottoman Turkish بادلجان (patlıcan) and its by-forms. All ultimately from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân) and its various descendants.

Pronunciation

Noun

բադրիջան • (badriǰan)

  1. aubergine, eggplant
    Synonyms: սմբուկ (smbuk), մանծակ (mancak)

Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պատինջան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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