بینگن
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
From Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana).
Noun
بینگن (bengn) m
Urdu
Alternative forms
- بَیگَن (baigan)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (vāiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa), from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɛːŋ.ɡən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Hyphenation: بَین٘‧گَن
Noun
بَین٘گَن • (baiṅgan) m (Hindi spelling बैंगन)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) | بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) |
| oblique | بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) | بَین٘گَنوں (baiṅganõ) |
| vocative | بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) | بَین٘گَنو (baiṅgano) |
Derived terms
- وِلایَتی بَین٘گَن (vilāyatī baiṅgan, “tomato”)
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بینگن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 322
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بينگن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 212
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بينگن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 142
- “بینگن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بینگن”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 354