patëllxhan

Albanian

Alternative forms

patrixhan — Tosk^[1]
patlixhân, patllixhân, patlixhon — Gheg
patrixhanë, patelixhan, patellixhan, patligjan, patrigjan, patëlxhane, patërxhane, patlexhane

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan), from Persian (bâdenjân).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /patəɫˈd͡ʒan/
Rhymes: -d͡ʒan
Hyphenation: pa‧tëll‧xhán

Noun

patëllxhan m (plural patëllxhána, definite patëllxháni, definite plural patëllxhánat)

eggplant, aubergine, brinjal
Synonyms: melixhane, koqeve
(colloquial) variety of fig shaped like and eggplant
Synonym: fik patëllxhanës
(dialectal, Kosovo) tomato
Synonym: domate

References

^ Fjalor i gjuhës sërbishte ose kroatishte dhe i shqipes
^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “patëllxhan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 355

Further reading

“patëllxhan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
“patëllxhan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Mann, S. E. (1948) “patlixhan, patllixhan”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356

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