واڱڻ

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.
Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)
Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa)bor.
Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana)
Sindhi واڱڻ

    Inherited from Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana), borrowed from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV.[1]

    Noun

    واڱَڻُ • (vāṅaṇu) m (Devanagari वाङणु)

    1. aubergine (UK), eggplant (US)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vātiṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 671

    Further reading

    • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “واڱَڻُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 612
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