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baba ganoush

/ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
ba-ba ga-noush
IPA
/ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine (eggplant), garlic, and tahini, often eaten as a dip with bread.

Uncountable

Etymology

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”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: بَابَا غَنُّوج, غ ن ج

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/
  • British English: /ˌbɑːbə ɡəˈnuːʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

baba ganouj (alternative) baba ghannouj (alternative) baba ghanouj (alternative) baba ghanoush (alternative) babba gannouge (alternative)

Rhymes With

douche whoosh cartouche louche barouche ruche croquembouche farouche babouche debouche capuche tarboosh

Questions

How do you pronounce baba ganoush?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/.
What does baba ganoush mean?
A Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine (eggplant), garlic, and tahini, often eaten as a dip with bread.
Where does baba ganoush come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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