babul
/bəˈbuːl/
babul noun: a tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
Noun
babul (plural babuls)
- A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
- In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms.1884, Rudyard Kipling, The Moon of Other Days
- Synonyms:
- kikar, prickly acacia
Proper noun capitalized: Babul
Babul
- A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
babul meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi and Odia
babul in Hindi
- babul
- काला कीकर kālā kīkar
babul in Tamil
- கருவேலம் என்ற மரம்
babul in Punjabi
- babul
- ਕਿੱਕਰ kikkar, ਬਬੂਲ babūl
babul in Odia
- babul
- ବବୁର babura
More languagesFewer languages
- babul in Sanskrit
- बब्बूल babbūla
- babul in Nepali
- बबुल् babul
Synonyms of babul
- kikar
- prickly acacia
Forms of babul
| plural | babuls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | babool |
Origin of babul
Borrowed both from French baboul and from Hindi बबूल (babūl, “babul tree”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वव्वोल (vavvola, “acacia”).
Borrowed from Hindi बाबुल (bābul).
Words that rhyme with babul
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ghoul
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about babul
- What does babul mean?
- Babul means a tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
- What is babul in Hindi?
- Babul in Hindi is काला कीकर (kālā kīkar). See Babul meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is babul?
- Babul can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce babul?
- Babul is pronounced /bəˈbuːl/.
- What is the plural of babul?
- The plural of babul is babuls.
Words near babul in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: babul (page history and authors); Babul (page history and authors); काला कीकर (Hindi) (page history and authors); babul (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਿੱਕਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ବବୁର (Odia) (page history and authors); बब्बूल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); बबुल् (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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