Where does “بانجان” come from?

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

بانجان (Pashto): eggplant

Definitions

  1. eggplant

Ancestry of “بانجان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبادنجانaubergine, eggplant
2Sanskritवातिङ्गणaubergine
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple

Words derived from “بانجان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas →Every word from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण →Every word from Persian بادنجان →