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वातिगगम

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of non-Indo-European substrate origin, possibly Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Tamil வழுதலை (vaḻutalai), வழுதுணை (vaḻutuṇai), Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana).[1][2]

Noun

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वातिगगम (vātigagama) stemm

  1. eggplant (Solanum melongena) (by folk etymology, "the plant that cures the wind")
    Synonym: भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī)

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of वातिगगम
singular dual plural
nominative वातिगगमः (vātigagamaḥ) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमाः (vātigagamāḥ)
वातिगगमासः¹ (vātigagamāsaḥ¹)
vocative वातिगगम (vātigagama) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमाः (vātigagamāḥ)
वातिगगमासः¹ (vātigagamāsaḥ¹)
accusative वातिगगमम् (vātigagamam) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमान् (vātigagamān)
instrumental वातिगगमेन (vātigagamena) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमैः (vātigagamaiḥ)
वातिगगमेभिः¹ (vātigagamebhiḥ¹)
dative वातिगगमाय (vātigagamāya) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमेभ्यः (vātigagamebhyaḥ)
ablative वातिगगमात् (vātigagamāt) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमेभ्यः (vātigagamebhyaḥ)
genitive वातिगगमस्य (vātigagamasya) वातिगगमयोः (vātigagamayoḥ) वातिगगमानाम् (vātigagamānām)
locative वातिगगमे (vātigagame) वातिगगमयोः (vātigagamayoḥ) वातिगगमेषु (vātigagameṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 465
  2. ^ aubergine”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.