पिप्पल

See also: पिप्पलि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পিপ্পল (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬧ᭄ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
• পিপ্পল (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰿𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ပိပ္ပလ (Burmese script)
• પિપ્પલ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਪੑਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦥ꧀ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂹𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಪ್ಪಲ (Kannada script)
• បិប្បល (Khmer script)
• ປິປ຺ປລ (Lao script)
• പിപ്പല (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘿𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧠𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
• ପିପ୍ପଲ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢦ꣄ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖿𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
• පිප‍්පල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩰 𑪙𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚶𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
• பிப்பல (Tamil script)
• పిప్పల (Telugu script)
• ปิปฺปล (Thai script)
• པི་པྤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑓂𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑩇𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /píp.pɐ.lɐ/, [píp̚.pɐ.lɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpip.pɐ.l̪ɐ/, [ˈpip̚.pɐ.l̪ɐ]

Noun

पिप्पल • (píppala) stem, m

1. berry (especially of the sacred fig)
2. the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa
3. a kind of bird
4. nipple
5. sleeve of a jacket or coat
6. a son of Mitra and Revati

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिप्पल
Nom. sg.	पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ)	पिप्पलौ (pippalau)	पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ)
Vocative	पिप्पल (pippala)	पिप्पलौ (pippalau)	पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ)
Accusative	पिप्पलम् (pippalam)	पिप्पलौ (pippalau)	पिप्पलान् (pippalān)
Instrumental	पिप्पलेन (pippalena)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ)
Dative	पिप्पलाय (pippalāya)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पिप्पलात् (pippalāt)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)	पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ)	पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām)
Locative	पिप्पले (pippale)	पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ)	पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu)

Derived terms

• पिप्पलि (pippali)

Descendants

• Hindi: पीपल (pīpal)
  • → English: peepul, peepal, pipul, pipal
• Urdu: پیپل (pīpal)
  • → English: peepul, peepal, pipul, pipal
• Punjabi: ਪਿੱਪਲ (pippaḷa)
• → Ancient Greek: πέπερι (péperi) (possibly not directly from Sanskrit)
  • Greek: πιπέρι (pipéri) (see there for further descendants); πιπεριά (piperiá)
  • Mariupol Greek: пипе́р (pipjér)
  • → Latin: piper (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ New Latin: peperomia
• → Persian: پلپل (pelpel) (possibly not directly from Sanskrit)
  • → Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
    • → Persian: فلفل (felfel)
  • →⇒ Arabic: فَلَافِل (falāfil) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
  • → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
  • → Swahili: pilipili
• → Telugu: పిప్పలము (pippalamu)

Noun

पिप्पल • (pippala) stem, n

1. pleasure
2. water
3. sleeve of a jacket or coat

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पिप्पल
Nom. sg.	पिप्पलम् (pippalam)
Gen. sg.	पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिप्पलम् (pippalam)	पिप्पले (pippale)	पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Vocative	पिप्पल (pippala)	पिप्पले (pippale)	पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Accusative	पिप्पलम् (pippalam)	पिप्पले (pippale)	पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Instrumental	पिप्पलेन (pippalena)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ)
Dative	पिप्पलाय (pippalāya)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पिप्पलात् (pippalāt)	पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām)	पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)	पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ)	पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām)
Locative	पिप्पले (pippale)	पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ)	पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pippala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.