Where does “ბადრიჯანი” come from?
ბადრიჯანი (Georgian) comes from Middle Georgian ბადლიჯანი, from Ottoman Turkish بادلجان, from Persian بادنجان, from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.
ბადრიჯანი (Georgian): aubergine, eggplant fruit as well as plant
Definitions
- aubergine, eggplant fruit as well as plant
Ancestry of “ბადრიჯანი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Georgian | ბადლიჯანი | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بادلجان | eggplant, aubergine |
| 3 | Persian | بادنجان | aubergine, eggplant |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वातिङ्गण | aubergine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wātinganas | eggplant; purple |