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lebbek

lebbek noun: the tree Albizia lebbeck.

lebbek: the tree Albizia lebbeck
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Noun

lebbek (plural lebbeks)

  1. The tree Albizia lebbeck.
    Synonyms:
    koko, East Indian walnut, woman's tongue tree

lebbek meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

lebbek in Hindi

Albizia lebbeck
सिरिस siris

lebbek in Tamil

Albizia lebbeck
வாகை vākai

lebbek in Urdu

Albizia lebbeck
سرس siris

lebbek in Bengali

Albizia lebbeck
শিরীষ śiriś, কপীতন kopiton, ভণ্ডিল bhonḍil, ভণ্ডির bhonḍir, ভণ্ডীর bhonḍir
More languagesFewer languages
lebbek in Punjabi
ਸ਼ਰੀਂਹ śarī̃h
lebbek in Gujarati
શિરીષ śirīṣ
lebbek in Arabic
لَبَخ labaḵ
lebbek in Myanmar
ကုက္ကို kukkui, အညာကုက္ကို a.nyakukkui

Synonyms of lebbek

Forms of lebbek

plurallebbeks

Origin of lebbek

Forsskål’s 1775 Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica recorded the Arabic لَبَخ (labaḵ) as læbach, leæba (page 172), lebbek (page LI, LXXVII), which Willdenow’s 1797 edition of Linnæi Species plantarum made translingual as Acacia lebbeck.

Questions about lebbek

What does lebbek mean?
Lebbek means the tree Albizia lebbeck.
What is lebbek in Hindi?
Lebbek in Hindi is सिरिस (siris). See Lebbek meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lebbek?
Lebbek is a noun.
What is the plural of lebbek?
The plural of lebbek is lebbeks.

Words near lebbek in the dictionary

  1. lebban
  2. Lebbay
  3. Lebbays
  4. lebbeck
  5. lebbecks
  6. lebbek
  7. lebbeks
  8. Lebbo
  9. Lebbos
  10. Lebeau
  11. Lebeaus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lebbek (page history and authors); શિરીષ (Gujarati) (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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