بینگن

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana).

Noun

بینگن (bengnm

  1. aubergine

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    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 • (baiṅganm (Hindi spelling बैंगन)

    1. aubergine (UK), airplane (US)

    Declension

    Declension of بینگن
    singular plural
    direct بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan)
    oblique بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) بَین٘گَنوں (baiṅganõ)
    vocative بَین٘گَن (baiṅgan) بَین٘گَنو (baiṅgano)

    Derived terms

    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