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bygan

bygan is the alternative form of bhaigan.

Meaning of bhaigan

Noun

bhaigan (usually uncountable, plural bhaigans)

  1. (India, Trinidad-and-Tobago, usually) brinjal, eggplant, aubergine
    • Admitting to stealing the vegetables, Mohammed said, “Boss ah tief the thing, but not me alone.” The bhaigans were valued $100.2015 February 7, Azard Ali, “Mother put on a bond for stealing bhaigans”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Questions about bygan

What is bygan the alternative form of?
Bygan is the alternative form of bhaigan.

Words near bygan in the dictionary

  1. byflows
  2. Byford
  3. Byfords
  4. byform
  5. byforms
  6. bygan
  7. Byglandsfjord
  8. bygly
  9. bygone
  10. bygones
  11. Bygott

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bygan (page history and authors); bhaigan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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