peepul

English

Etymology

From Hindi, from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːpl̩/

Noun

peepul (plural peepuls)

  1. Alternative form of pipal.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 138:
      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.
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