Telugu edit

 
Solanum melongena fruit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “Probably from the same source as Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, eggplant), whence English aubergine?”

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

వంగ (vaṅgan (plural వంగలు)

  1. (botany) eggplant, aubergine, brinjal called Solanum melongena

See also edit

Adjective edit

వంగ (vaṅga)

  1. the brinjal plant or fruit;
  2. Bengal.

References edit

వంగ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)