baigan choka

First recorded in 2005–10; from Trinidadian Hindustani choka baigan (also bhaigan, baingan) “eggplant,” ultimately from Sanskrit ����پ������������� (also ����پ��Բ���ṇa ) + choka (also chokha) “mashed vegetables (roasted or boiled),” equivalent to standard Hindi ��ō�����, “pure, genuine, excellent, delightful, sharp (knife, sound), dish of spiced vegetables,” from Sanskrit ���ǰ�ṣa