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Ultimately from Persian بادلجان (bâdeljân)
патлыджан • (patlıcan)
- eggplant.
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “патлыджан”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN