The story
- Proto-Dravidian*waẓVtV
- Sanskritवातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)
- Classical Persianبَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)
- Arabicاَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān)
- Catalanalbergínia
- Frenchaubergine
- English todayaubergine
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal, malidzano, and melongene.
Words from the same roots
Arabicاَلْبَاذِنْجَان all →
malidzanomelongene
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.