Where does “баклажан” come from?

баклажан (Ukrainian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بادلجان, from Persian بادنجان, from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.

баклажан (Ukrainian): aubergine

Definitions

  1. aubergine

Ancestry of “баклажан”, step by step

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