beetíngal

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)der.

Phalura beetíngal

Borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “eggplant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beetíŋɡal/

Noun

beetíngal m (Perso-Arabic spelling بیتِنگل)

1. tomato

Declension

Declension of beetíngal (a-decl)

	singular	plural
nominative	beetíngal	beetíngala
oblique	beetíngala	beetíngalam

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “beetíngal”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātiṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 761