भण्टाकी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভণ্টাকী (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬡ᭄ᬝᬵᬓᬷ (Balinese script)
• ভণ্টাকী (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰜𑰿𑰘𑰯𑰎𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀡𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀓𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဏ္ဋာကီ (Burmese script)
• ભણ્ટાકી (Gujarati script)
• ਭਣ੍ਟਾਕੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌣𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦟ꧀ꦛꦴꦏꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂝𑂹𑂗𑂰𑂍𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಣ್ಟಾಕೀ (Kannada script)
• ភណ្ដាកី (Khmer script)
• ຠຓ຺ຏາກີ (Lao script)
• ഭണ്ടാകീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᢏᢞᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘜𑘿𑘘𑘰𑘎𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢏᢌᠠᢗᢉᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦼𑧠𑦸𑧑𑦮𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐞𑑂𑐚𑐵𑐎𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଭଣ୍ଟାକୀ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢠ꣄ꢜꢵꢒꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆟𑇀𑆛𑆳𑆑𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖜𑖿𑖘𑖯𑖎𑖱 (Siddham script)
• භණ‍්ටාකී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩪 𑪙𑩦𑩛𑩜𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚘𑚶𑚔𑚭𑚊𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ண்டாகீ (Tamil script)
• భణ్టాకీ (Telugu script)
• ภณฺฏากี (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཎྚཱ་ཀཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒝𑓂𑒙𑒰𑒏𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨘𑩇𑨔𑨊𑨋𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil வழுதனங்காய் (vaḻutaṉaṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐɳ.ʈɑː.kiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐɳˈʈɑː.kiː/

Noun

भण्टाकी • (bhaṇṭākī) stem, f

1. brinjal, aubergine, eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of भण्टाकी
Nom. sg.	भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī)
Gen. sg.	भण्टाक्याः (bhaṇṭākyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī)	भण्टाक्यौ (bhaṇṭākyau)	भण्टाक्यः (bhaṇṭākyaḥ)
Vocative	भण्टाकि (bhaṇṭāki)	भण्टाक्यौ (bhaṇṭākyau)	भण्टाक्यः (bhaṇṭākyaḥ)
Accusative	भण्टाकीम् (bhaṇṭākīm)	भण्टाक्यौ (bhaṇṭākyau)	भण्टाकीः (bhaṇṭākīḥ)
Instrumental	भण्टाक्या (bhaṇṭākyā)	भण्टाकीभ्याम् (bhaṇṭākībhyām)	भण्टाकीभिः (bhaṇṭākībhiḥ)
Dative	भण्टाक्यै (bhaṇṭākyai)	भण्टाकीभ्याम् (bhaṇṭākībhyām)	भण्टाकीभ्यः (bhaṇṭākībhyaḥ)
Ablative	भण्टाक्याः (bhaṇṭākyāḥ)	भण्टाकीभ्याम् (bhaṇṭākībhyām)	भण्टाकीभ्यः (bhaṇṭākībhyaḥ)
Genitive	भण्टाक्याः (bhaṇṭākyāḥ)	भण्टाक्योः (bhaṇṭākyoḥ)	भण्टाकीनाम् (bhaṇṭākīnām)
Locative	भण्टाक्याम् (bhaṇṭākyām)	भण्टाक्योः (bhaṇṭākyoḥ)	भण्टाकीषु (bhaṇṭākīṣu)

Synonyms

• वातिगगम (vātigagama)

Descendants

• Southern:
  • Dhivehi: ބަށި (baṣi)
  • Sinhalese: බටු (baṭu)
• Eastern:
  • Bengali: ভাঁটা (bhãṭa)
  • Bihari: भंटा
    • Awadhi: भांटा (bhāṇṭā)
    • Maithili: भांटा (bhāṇṭā)
• → Tamil: பண்டாகி (paṇṭāki)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भण्टाकी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0745.