Where does “بینگن” come from?

بینگن (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit वङ्गन, from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.

بینگن (Urdu): eggplant, aubergine, brinjal

Definitions

  1. eggplant, aubergine, brinjal

Ancestry of “بینگن”, step by step

بینگن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वङ्गन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवङ्गनaubergine
2Sanskritवातिङ्गणaubergine
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple

via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Prakrit𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas →Every word from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण →Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गन →