𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vaïṃgaṇa), 𑀯𑀸𑀬𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāyaṃgaṇa)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀻 (vāiṃgaṇī), 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (vāiṃgiṇī) — feminine
• 𑀯𑀁𑀕 (vaṃga)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa)

Inherited from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa).

Noun

𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa) n (Devanagari वाइंगण)

1. aubergine, eggplant, Solanum melongena (tree and fruit)

   Synonym: 𑀪𑀺𑀁𑀝𑀺𑀬𑀸 (bhiṃṭiyā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Deccani: بَیگَن (baigan)
    • Hindi: बैंगन (baiṅgan)
      • → Fijian: baigani
      • → Guyanese Creole English: baigan
      • →? Santali: ᱵᱮᱸᱜᱟᱲ (bẽgaṛ)
    • Urdu: بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali: বেগুন (begun)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: बैगन (baigan)
  • Middle Assamese: বেঙ্গনা (beṅgona)
    • Assamese: বেঙেনা (beṅena)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: बैगुन (baiguna)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬੈਂਗਣ (baiṅgaṇ), >? ਬਤਾਊਂ (batāū̃)

    Shahmukhi script: بینگݨ (baiṅgaṇ), >? بتاؤں (btā'oṉ)

  • >? Saraiki: وَتاؤُں (vatāūṉ) (unexpected retention of -t-)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: वांगे (vāṅge)
  • Konkani: वांगी (vāṅgī)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: વેંગણ (veṅgaṇ)
• → Sanskrit: वङ्गन (vaṅgana)