𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀯𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vaïṃgaṇa), 𑀯𑀸𑀬𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāyaṃgaṇa)
𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀻 (vāiṃgaṇī), 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (vāiṃgiṇī) — feminine
𑀯𑀁𑀕 (vaṃga)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa)

Inherited from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa).

Noun

𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa) n (Devanagari वाइंगण) ^[1]^[2]

aubergine, eggplant, Solanum melongena (tree and fruit)
Synonym: 𑀪𑀺𑀁𑀝𑀺𑀬𑀸 (bhiṃṭiyā)

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Deccani: بَیگَن (baigan)
  - Hindi: बैंगन (baiṅgan)
    - → Fijian: baigani
    - → Guyanese Creole English: baigan
    - →? Santali: ᱵᱮᱸᱜᱟᱲ (bẽgaṛ)
  - Urdu: بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: বেগুন (begun)
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: बैगन (baigan)
- Middle Assamese: বেঙ্গনা (beṅgona)
  - Assamese: বেঙেনা (beṅena)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: बैगुन (baiguna)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਬੈਂਗਣ (baiṅgaṇ), >? ਬਤਾਊਂ (batāū̃)
  
  Shahmukhi script: بینگݨ (baiṅgaṇ), >? بتاؤں (btā'oṉ)
- >? Saraiki: وَتاؤُں (vatāūṉ) (unexpected retention of -t-)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: वांगे (vāṅge)
- Konkani: वांगी (vāṅgī)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: વેંગણ (veṅgaṇ)
→ Sanskrit: वङ्गन (vaṅgana)

References

^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “वाइंगण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātiṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 671