The story
- Sanskrit · borrowed fromमंजिष्ठा“Indian madder”
- English todaymunjistin
Borrowed from Sanskrit मंजिष्ठा (maṃjiṣṭhā, “Indian madder”) + -in.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
munjistin
Today it means: A reddish-orange dye resembling alizarin, found in the root of Indian madder, a species of madder from around the Himalayas, Rubia manjith (formerly Rubia munjista). Full definition →
Sanskrit मंजिष्ठा