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peepul en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpipɐl/ (South-Asia)
• /ˈpiː.pl̩/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पीपल / Urdu پیپل (pīpal), from Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala). Doublet of falafel and pepper.

Meanings

1. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
   • This was about the time she caught me in the branches of the peepul tree a good mile and a quarter up river on the banks of the Gambhiree, spying on the women who went there to wash their clothes and themselves. 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 138:

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