বাঙ্গনা

• বেঙ্গনা (beṅgona), বেঙ্গেনা (beṅgena)

From Early Assamese *বাইঙ্গনা (baiṅgona), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (*vāiṃgaṇa), from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ৱাতিঙ্গণ (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wātinganas. Cognate with ancestral Bengali বাগন (bagon) (modern Bengali বেগুন (begun)).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ŋɔ.na/

বাঙ্গনা (baṅgona)

1. brinjal, eggplant, aubergine
   • 17th or 16th century, ?, Ghora Nidan:

     গৰু ধুয়া বাঙ্গনা

     goru dhua baṅgona

     Brinjal used for washing cattle (The dry brinjal used for pelting at the cattle after washing and bathing them on the Sot bihu day.)

• Assamese: বেঙেনা (beṅena)