pipal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi, from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːpl̩/

Noun

pipal (plural pipals)

  1. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 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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