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পিপুল

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From earlier পিপল (pipol), from Sanskrit পিপ্পলি (pippali) (compare also পিপ্পল (pippala)).

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Noun

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পিপুল • (pipul)

  1. a peepul, pipal, bo tree, Ficus religiosa[1]
    Synonyms: অশ্বত্থ (ôśśôtthô), প্লক্ষ (plôkkhô), অশোত (ośōt), আশোত (aśōt), মঙ্গল্য (môṅgôllô), শ্রীবৃক্ষ (śrībrikkhô)
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Etymology 2

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Corruption of পিপ্পলী (pippôlī), from Sanskrit पिप्पली (pippalī).[2] An equivalent of Sanskrit पिप्पलीमूल (pippalīmūla).[3]

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Noun

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পিপুল • (pipul)

  1. long pepper (Piper longum)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Upendra Kishore Ray Choudhury (1966) পৌরাণিক কাহিনী [Myth]‎[1], কলকাতা: নিউস্ক্রিপ্ট প্রকাশক
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “পিপুল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[2], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1739
  3. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “পিপুল”, 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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