peepul

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पीपल / Urdu پیپل (pīpal), from Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala). Doublet of falafel and pepper.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.pl̩/

Noun

peepul (plural peepuls)

  1. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. [1780s]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 138:
      This was about the time she caught me in the branches of the peepul tree a good mile and a quarter up river on the banks of the Gambhiree, spying on the women who went there to wash their clothes and themselves.

Translations
Ficus religiosa — see sacred fig
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