वृन्ताक

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV; compare Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa). Related to other names for the same plant, such as भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī), वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa).

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वृन्ताक (vṛntāka) stem?

  1. aubergine, eggplant

References[edit]

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वृन्ताकः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]