باتنگنڑ

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.

Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)der.

Kalami باتنگنڑ

Borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “eggplant”). Cognate with Phalura beetíngal, Ushojo باتِنگڑ (bātingaṛ).

Noun

بَاتِنگَنْڑ (bātĩgäṇ) m

1. tomato, Solanum lycopersicum

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997) “bāti~gäṇ”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 80