बबुल babul

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

The gum-acacia tree, Mimosa arabica (the wood of which is commonly used in making cart-wheels, agricultural implements, tent-pegs, &c.; and the bark, being a powerful astringent, is used in tanning: syn. kīkar, mug̠īlān).

Usual translation

  1. babul

Origin of the definition

H ببول बबूल babūl, = H ببور बबूर babūr, = H ببولا बबूला babūlā, [S. वर्वूर], s.f. The gum-acacia tree, Mimosa arabica (the wood of which is commonly used in making cart-wheels, agricultural implements, tent-pegs, &c.; and the bark, being a powerful astringent, is used in tanning: syn. kīkar, mug̠īlān): — babūl-ke peṛ bonā, lit. 'To plant a babūl tree'; to do something conducive to harm or to a bad end.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Created
Wednesday 4 August 2021
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Wednesday 15 November 2023