वातिगगम

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Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of non-Indo-European substrate origin, possibly Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Tamil வழுதலை (vaḻutalai), வழுதுணை (vaḻutuṇai), Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

वातिगगम (vātigagama) stemm

  1. eggplant, Solanum melongena (by folk etymology, "the plant that cures the wind")

Declension[edit]

Masculine a-stem declension of वातिगगम (vātigagama)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वातिगगमः
vātigagamaḥ
वातिगगमौ / वातिगगमा¹
vātigagamau / vātigagamā¹
वातिगगमाः / वातिगगमासः¹
vātigagamāḥ / vātigagamāsaḥ¹
Vocative वातिगगम
vātigagama
वातिगगमौ / वातिगगमा¹
vātigagamau / vātigagamā¹
वातिगगमाः / वातिगगमासः¹
vātigagamāḥ / vātigagamāsaḥ¹
Accusative वातिगगमम्
vātigagamam
वातिगगमौ / वातिगगमा¹
vātigagamau / vātigagamā¹
वातिगगमान्
vātigagamān
Instrumental वातिगगमेन
vātigagamena
वातिगगमाभ्याम्
vātigagamābhyām
वातिगगमैः / वातिगगमेभिः¹
vātigagamaiḥ / vātigagamebhiḥ¹
Dative वातिगगमाय
vātigagamāya
वातिगगमाभ्याम्
vātigagamābhyām
वातिगगमेभ्यः
vātigagamebhyaḥ
Ablative वातिगगमात्
vātigagamāt
वातिगगमाभ्याम्
vātigagamābhyām
वातिगगमेभ्यः
vātigagamebhyaḥ
Genitive वातिगगमस्य
vātigagamasya
वातिगगमयोः
vātigagamayoḥ
वातिगगमानाम्
vātigagamānām
Locative वातिगगमे
vātigagame
वातिगगमयोः
vātigagamayoḥ
वातिगगमेषु
vātigagameṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Classical Persian: بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 465
  2. ^ aubergine”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.