melongene

From French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of malidzano.

melongene (plural melongenes)

1. (Caribbean) An aubergine; an eggplant.
   • 2008 August 23, Felix Padilla, “Moussaka”, in Simply Trini Cooking‎^[1] (blog), archived from the original on 14 January 2025:

     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.

   • 2021, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, “Melongene: A Step by Step Process for Home Gardening”, in Grow Trinbago‎^[2]:

     Melongene grows best in soil which is rich in organic matter.

• see the list in the entry eggplant