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[edit] WOTD – 18 December 2021

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَابَا غَنُّوج (bābā ḡannūj, literally “father of coquetry”), because it was supposedly invented by a member of a royal harem, perhaps to pamper the master:[1] from بَابَا (bābā, “daddy, father, papa”) + غَنُّوج (ḡannūj, “coquettish, coy”)[2] (compare غنج (ḡanija, “to coquet, flirt”)).[3]

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbɑːbə ɡəˈnuːʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA(key): /ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/
• Rhymes: -uːʃ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba ga‧noush

Noun

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baba ganoush (uncountable)

1. A Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine (eggplant), garlic, and tahini, often eaten as a dip with bread.

Alternative forms

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• baba ganouj, baba ghannouj, baba ghanouj, baba ghanoush, babba gannouge

Translations

[edit] Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini

Arabic: بَابَا غَنُّوج m (bābā ḡannūj) Finnish: baba ganoush French: baba ganouche m Hebrew: באבא גנוש Polish: baba ghanoush f Russian: ба́ба гану́ш m (bába ganúš) Spanish: baba ganush m Turkish: babaganuç, babaganuş

References

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1. ^ Compare Gil Marks (2010), “Baba Ghanouj”, in Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN; Habeeb Salloum (2010), “Appetizers and Snacks”, in The Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Arabian Cooking, Tokyo; Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 34.
2. ^ “baba ganoush, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “baba ganoush, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. ^ “baba ghanouj”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

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• baba ghanoush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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