वृन्ताक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वृन्ताकी (vṛntākī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৃন্তাক (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬺᬦ᭄ᬢᬵᬓ (Balinese script)
• বৃন্তাক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰯𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၖန္တာက (Burmese script)
• વૃન્તાક (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰਨ੍ਤਾਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦽꦤ꧀ꦠꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑃂𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ವೃನ್ತಾಕ (Kannada script)
• វ្ឫន្តាក (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣິນ຺ຕາກ (Lao script)
• വൃന്താക (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᠨᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᠨᢐᠠᢗᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧑𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵୃନ୍ତାକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢥ꣄ꢡꢵꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆳𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖯𑖎 (Siddham script)
• වෘන‍්තාක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩙𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚭𑚊 (Takri script)
• வ்ரிந்தாக (Tamil script)
• వృన్తాక (Telugu script)
• วฺฤนฺตาก (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ནྟཱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa). Related to other names for the same plant, such as भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī), वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩n.tɑː.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩n̪ˈt̪ɑː.kɐ/

Noun

वृन्ताक • (vṛntāka) stem, ?

1. aubergine, eggplant

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वृन्ताकः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]