babul
See also: Babul
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Noun
babul (plural babuls)
- A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
- 1884, Rudyard Kipling, The Moon of Other Days:
- In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms.
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- Vachellia+nilotica at The Plant List
Anagrams
Volapük
Etymology
From a contraction of balsebalul ( = bals (“ten, now deg”) + e (“and”) + bal (“one”) + -ul (“(morpheme for) month (< mul)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ba.ˈbul]
Noun
babul (plural babuls)
Usage notes
- This older term has been replaced by novul (“November”).
Declension
declension of babul
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | babul | babuls |
| genitive | babula | babulas |
| dative | babule | babules |
| accusative | babuli | babulis |
| predicative | babulu | babulus |
| vocative | o babul! | o babuls! |
Synonyms
- balsebalul (obsolete)
- degbalul (contraction > degbul)
- novul
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