[French, from Catalan albergínia, albergina, from Arabic al-bāḏinjān, the eggplant, from Persian bādenjān, bādengān, from a Middle Indic source akin to Pali vātiṅgaṇa, and Sanskrit bhaṇṭākī, ultimately of non-Indo-European origin; akin to Tamil vaḻutalai, vaḻutuṇai .]