brinjal

British  

/ ˈbrɪndʒəl /

noun

1. (in India and Africa) another name for aubergine

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Etymology

Origin of brinjal

C17: from Portuguese berinjela , from Arabic; see _aubergine

Example Sentences

There are few fish and Debabrata now makes a living growing tomatoes and brinjal.

From BBC

The old lady would pick out the purple brinjals and yellow pumpkins, the shiny green and red chillies, feeling them with her wrinkled fingers and complimenting me on their size.

From Literature

In nearby Nyanga street vendors are out in force with displays of carrots and brinjals on blankets and wooden tables; live chickens squawking their objections; and barbecued meats on open grills.

From The Guardian

In 2010, the environment ministry put on hold the commercial planting of GM brinjal, an eggplant variety, equipped with a bacterial gene that thwarts insect pests.

From Science Magazine

India’s government seems to be treading much more cautiously on commercial cultivation of transgenic crops than on field trials — although farmers in neighbouring Bangladesh began cultivating GM brinjal last year.

From Nature