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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A purée of roasted eggplant and tahini, flavored with garlic and lemon juice.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Levantine colloquial Arabic bābā g̣annūj : bābā, papa + g̣annūj, flirtatious (g̣anija, to flirt; see g̣ng in Semitic roots).]

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