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parijat en · NOUN

Etymology

From Marathi पारिजात (pārijāt).

Meanings

  1. (India, uncountable) night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).
    • In order to completely carry out this bartā, she required a flower from the parijāt tree, a tree that does not grow in the heavenly city of Indra. 2008, Michael Charles Baltutis, The Festival of Indra, page 220:
    • She turned away and cleared the parijat flowers from the stone edge of the pool with a wet hand. 2013, Indu Sundaresan, The Indu Sundaresan Collection:
    • ‘What are you betting?’ I looked out of the window. ‘The flowers from the parijat tree.’ 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 355: