The Indian English and Hindi word for eggplant or aubergine, also known as brinjal in South Asian and Southeast Asian English. Baingan is one of the most common vegetables in Indian cooking, featured prominently in dishes like baingan bharta (a smoky roasted eggplant preparation) and begun bhaja (fried eggplant). While considered uncommon as a loanword in international English, it is completely standard in Indian domestic contexts and widely understood across South Asia.
She picked up some baingan from the vegetable market on her way home and made bharta for dinner.
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(India, uncommon) An eggplant; a brinjal.
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