वृन्ताक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • वृन्ताकी (vṛntākī)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa). Related to other names for the same plant, such as भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī), वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa).

Pronunciation

Noun

वृन्ताक • (vṛntāka) stem?

  1. aubergine, eggplant