Where does “بادنجان” come from?

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

بادنجان (Persian): aubergine, eggplant

Definitions

  1. aubergine, eggplant

Ancestry of “بادنجان”, step by step

بادنجان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वातिङ्गण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवातिङ्गणaubergine
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple

via Sanskrit वातिगगम

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवातिगगमeggplant, "Solanum melongena"

Words derived from “بادنجان”

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