tulsi
See also: Tulsi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi तुलसी (tulsī), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʊlsiː/
- (General American) enPR: to͝olʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈtʊlsi/
- Hyphenation: tul‧si
Noun edit
tulsi (usually uncountable, plural tulsis)
- Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157:
- It was a long, long time since I had been to Rohala and while I recalled some of the rooms and the courtyard with the fountain and the tulsi plant, I had no memories of the exterior of the house I was looking for.
Further reading edit
- Ocimum tenuiflorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia