Meanings
- uncountableA traditional Macedonian spread made from puréed eggplant, sirene cheese, walnuts, garlic and spices.
Origin
- Sanskritवातिगगम“eggplant”
- Classical Persianبادنگان
- Arabicاَلْبَاذِنْجَان“eggplant”
- Greekμελιτζάνα
- Italianmelanzana“eggplant”
- Macedonianмалиџано
- Englishmalidzano
Borrowed from Macedonian малиџано (malidžano), from Italian melanzana (“eggplant”), 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 melongene.
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