Where does “بانجان” come from?

بانجان (Gawar-Bati) comes from Pashto بانجان, from Persian بادنجان, from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.

بانجان (Gawar-Bati): eggplant

Definitions

  1. eggplant

Ancestry of “بانجان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoبانجانeggplant
2Persianبادنجانaubergine, eggplant
3Sanskritवातिङ्गणaubergine
4Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas →Every word from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण →Every word from Persian بادنجان →