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betel nut

betel nut noun: an egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.

betel nut: an egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed
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Noun

betel nut (plural betel nuts)

  1. An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.
    Synonyms:
    areca nut

betel nut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

betel nut in Hindi

An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
सुपारी supārī, छाली chālī, ताम्बूल tāmbūl, पान pān

betel nut in Tamil

An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
அடைக்காய் aṭaikkāy, பாக்கு pākku

betel nut in Urdu

چھالیہ, سپاری

betel nut in Bengali

betel nut, areca nut
সুপারি śupari, গুয়া guẏa, গুবাক gubak
More languagesFewer languages
betel nut in Telugu
పోక pōka
betel nut in Malayalam
അടയ്ക്ക aṭaykka
betel nut in Gujarati
સોપારી sopārī
betel nut in Sanskrit
चिक्कण cikkáṇa
betel nut in Assamese
তামোল tamül, গুৱা gua
betel nut in Arabic
فَوْفَل fawfal
betel nut in Malay
pinang
betel nut in Persian
فوفل fufal, پوپل pupal, سوپاری supâri
betel nut in Thai
หมาก màak
betel nut in Vietnamese
quả cau
betel nut in Myanmar
ကွမ်းသီး kwam:si:

Synonyms of betel nut

Forms of betel nut

pluralbetel nuts
alternative formbetelnut
alternative form (obsolete)beetel nut
alternative form (obsolete)beetle nut

Words formed from betel nut

Questions about betel nut

What does betel nut mean?
Betel nut means an egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.
What is betel nut in Hindi?
Betel nut in Hindi is सुपारी (supārī), छाली (chālī), ताम्बूल (tāmbūl). See Betel nut meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is betel nut?
Betel nut is a noun.
What is the plural of betel nut?
The plural of betel nut is betel nuts.

Words near betel nut in the dictionary

  1. betel
  2. betel bag
  3. betel bags
  4. betel leaf
  5. betel leaves
  6. betel nut
  7. betel nut beauties
  8. betel nut beauty
  9. betel nuts
  10. betel palm
  11. betel palms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: betel nut (page history and authors); betel nut (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গুবাক (Bengali) (page history and authors); चिक्कण (Sanskrit) (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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