वातिगगम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of non-Indo-European substrate origin, possibly Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Tamil வழுதலை (vaḻutalai), வழுதுணை (vaḻutuṇai), Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana).[1][2]

Noun

वातिगगम • (vātigagama) stemm

  1. eggplant (Solanum melongena) (by folk etymology, "the plant that cures the wind")
    Synonym: भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वातिगगम
singular dual plural
nominative वातिगगमः (vātigagamaḥ) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमाः (vātigagamāḥ)
वातिगगमासः¹ (vātigagamāsaḥ¹)
accusative वातिगगमम् (vātigagamam) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमान् (vātigagamān)
instrumental वातिगगमेन (vātigagamena) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमैः (vātigagamaiḥ)
वातिगगमेभिः¹ (vātigagamebhiḥ¹)
dative वातिगगमाय (vātigagamāya) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमेभ्यः (vātigagamebhyaḥ)
ablative वातिगगमात् (vātigagamāt) वातिगगमाभ्याम् (vātigagamābhyām) वातिगगमेभ्यः (vātigagamebhyaḥ)
genitive वातिगगमस्य (vātigagamasya) वातिगगमयोः (vātigagamayoḥ) वातिगगमानाम् (vātigagamānām)
locative वातिगगमे (vātigagame) वातिगगमयोः (vātigagamayoḥ) वातिगगमेषु (vātigagameṣu)
vocative वातिगगम (vātigagama) वातिगगमौ (vātigagamau)
वातिगगमा¹ (vātigagamā¹)
वातिगगमाः (vātigagamāḥ)
वातिगगमासः¹ (vātigagamāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 465
  2. ^ aubergine”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.