Baba Ghanouj Definition
bäbä gäno͝osh
noun
A purée of roasted eggplant and tahini, flavored with garlic and lemon juice.
American Heritage
A Middle Eastern dish, a puree of broiled eggplant usually with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, eaten with pita as an appetizer.
Webster's New World
Origin of Baba Ghanouj
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Levantine colloquial Arabic bābā ġannūj bābā papa ġannūj flirtatious (ġanija to flirt ġng in Semitic roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
