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পিপ্পল

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পিপ্পল

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

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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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “পিপ্পল”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 1740
  2. 2.0 2.1 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