Definitions
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
Word origin
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal.
Used in a sentence
“The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel.”
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01“Eggplant, in Britain”9 letters
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