babul
See also: Babul
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed both from French baboul and from Hindi बबूल (babūl, “babul tree”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वव्वोल (vavvola, “acacia”).
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Noun edit
babul (plural babuls)
- A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
- 1884, Rudyard Kipling, The Moon of Other Days:
- In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “babul”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “babul, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2011.
- Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Vachellia+nilotica at The Plant List
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Etymology edit
From a contraction of balsebalul ( = bals (“ten, now deg”) + e (“and”) + bal (“one”) + -ul (“(bound morpheme for) month (< mul)”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babul (nominative plural babuls)
Usage notes edit
- This older term has been replaced by novul (“November”).
Declension edit
declension of babul
Synonyms edit
- balsebalul (obsolete)
- degbalul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(balul) > degbul; balse(balul) > babul)
- novul