পিপ্পল

Bengali
পিপ্পল

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pipːɔl/, [ˈpipːɔl]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pipːɔl/, [ˈpipːɔl]
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Noun

পিপ্পল • (pippol)

  1. sacred fig, bo tree, peepul, pipal tree[2] (Ficus religiosa)[1]
    Synonyms: অশ্বত্থ (ośśottho), প্লক্ষ (plokkho), অশোত (ośōt), আশোত (aśōt), মঙ্গল্য (moṅgollo), শ্রীবৃক্ষ (sribrikkho)

References
  1. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “পিপ্পল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1740
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “পিপ্পল”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 1343
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