baba ganoush

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːbə ɡəˈnuːʃ/
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• General-American: /ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/
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• rhymes with -uːʃ
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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: from بَابَا (bābā, “daddy, father, papa”) + غَنُّوج (ḡannūj, “coquettish, coy”) (compare غنج (ḡanija, “to coquet, flirt”)).

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَابَا غَنُّوج (bābā ḡannūj) — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Finnish: baba ganoush — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• French: baba ganouche — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Hebrew: באבא גנוש — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Polish: baba ghanoush — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Russian: ба́ба гану́ш (bába ganúš) — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Spanish: baba ganush — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Turkish: babaganuç — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini
• Turkish: babaganuş — Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine, garlic, and tahini