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Italian word melanzana comes from Latin malum (Apple (fruit). The plant Aristolochia.), Latin *melum ((Vulgar Latin) apple.), Sanskrit वातिगगम, Sanskrit भण्टाकी (Brinjal (Solanum melongena).)

malum (Latin)

Apple (fruit). The plant Aristolochia.

*melum (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) apple.

वातिगगम (Sanskrit)

Eggplant, Solanum melongena (literally "the plant that cures the wind").

भण्टाकी (Sanskrit)

Brinjal (Solanum melongena).

mela (Italian)

Apple (fruit).

भण्डाकी (Sanskrit)

Brinjal (Solanum melongena).

باتنگان (Persian)

بادنجان (Persian)

Aubergine (UK), eggplant (US).

بَاذِنْجَان (Arabic)

melanzana (Italian)

(US, Italian-American, _, slang) dummy (as though “eggplant-head”). Aubergine (British); eggplant (US).

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