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peepul

UK/ˈpiː.pl̩/

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South Asia/ˈpipɐl/

peepul noun: the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.

Noun

peepul (plural peepuls)

  1. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
    • 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.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 138

peepul meaning in Tamil and Bengali

peepul in Tamil

நாற்பாலல்மரம், அரசமரம், அரசு

peepul in Bengali

a peepul, pipal, bo tree, Ficus religiosa
পিপুল pipul

Forms of peepul

pluralpeepuls
alternative formpeepal
alternative formpipul
alternative formpipal

Origin of peepul

Borrowed from Hindi पीपल / Urdu پیپل (pīpal), from Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala). Doublet of falafel and pepper.

Questions about peepul

What does peepul mean?
Peepul means the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
What is peepul in Tamil?
Peepul in Tamil is நாற்பாலல்மரம், அரசமரம், அரசு. See Peepul meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peepul?
Peepul is a noun.
How do you pronounce peepul?
Peepul is pronounced /ˈpiː.pl̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of peepul?
The plural of peepul is peepuls.

Words near peepul in the dictionary

  1. peeps out
  2. peeps pixels
  3. peepshow
  4. peepshows
  5. peeptoe
  6. peepul
  7. peepuls
  8. peepy
  9. peer
  10. peer editing
  11. peer group

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: peepul (page history and authors); peepul (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পিপুল (Bengali) (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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