تنبول

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ताम्बूल (tāmbūla). The form تَانَبُول (tānabūl) is a learned borrowing from Persian تانبول (tânbul), the form تَامُول (tāmūl) an unlearned adaptation towards a triliteral of it or another Indian descendant of the Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

  • (literary) IPA(key): /tum.buːl/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /tam.buːl/

Noun

تُنْبُول • (tunbūl) m

  1. the betel pepper and the betel leaf – as opposed to the betel nut فَوْفَل (fawfal)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: թմբուլ (tʻmbul)
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