brinjal
/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/noun
brinjal is spelled B-R-I-N-J-A-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brinjal means “An aubergine or eggplant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brinjal is brinjals.
How many letters and syllables are in brinjal?
| Letters | 7: B-R-I-N-J-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is brinjal?
Brinjal appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brinjal?
- /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/
- /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒɒl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-brinjal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of brinjal
- brinjals plural
- bringal
- bringall
- bringaul
- brinjall
- brinjaul
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brinjal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An aubergine or eggplant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does brinjal come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, from Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha, borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), borrowed from Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān), borrowed from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Doublet of aubergine, malidzano, and melongene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).