Origin
French mélongène,, from Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic الباذÙنْجان (al-baðinjÄn), the eggplant, from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vÄtiga-gama, “eggplant").
