n.
Pronunciation: ' ō -b ə r- ˌ zh ē n
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-b ā dhinj ā n the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan *v ā tiñja ṇ a-, v ā ti ṅ ga ṇ a-
Date: 1794
1 chiefly British : EGGPLANT 1
2 : EGGPLANT 2