melongene

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melongene

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Borrowed from French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنگان (bādingān), from باتنگان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine, brinjal, and malidzano.

noun melongenes

Caribbean An aubergine; an eggplant. After all, most Trinidadians only have a limited knowledge to cook melongene: we either stew it, fry it, roast it, or curry it, and serve it with rice or roti.
Similar: the list in the entry eggplant

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@misc{melongene_2026,
  title = {melongene},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melongene},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}