brinjal

Name: brinjal, English Word Data
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/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/

//ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“brinjal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An aubergine or eggplant.

Key facts for brinjal
Property	Value
Headword	brinjal
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/
Letters	7
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brinjal” sits in English frequency

brinjal falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brinjal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An aubergine or eggplant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for brinjal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder. Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor. Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor. Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha Portuguese beringelabor. English brinjal Borrowed from Portuguese … The correct English form is brinjal, spelled B-R-I-N-J-A-L.

Definition

1
An aubergine or eggplant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder. Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor. Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor. Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese berengenha Portuguese beringelabor. English brinjal 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.

Synonyms

the list at eggplant

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brinjal"?

"brinjal" is spelled B-R-I-N-J-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/.

What does "brinjal" mean?

As a noun, "brinjal" means: An aubergine or eggplant.

How do you pronounce "brinjal"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brinjal" is /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "brinjal"?

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Using “brinjal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-N-J-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.