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pilpul

/ˈpɪlˌpʊl/

pilpul noun: synonym of sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling.

pilpul: synonym of sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling
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Noun

pilpul (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling.
  2. (Judaism) Penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, especially in Talmudic study.

pilpul meaning in Bengali

pilpul in Bengali

বিতর্ক এবং সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণ

Synonyms of pilpul

Forms of pilpul

alternative formpilpl
alternative formpilpool

Origin of pilpul

From Hebrew פִּלְפּוּל (pilpúl).

Words formed from pilpul

Questions about pilpul

What does pilpul mean?
Pilpul means synonym of sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling.
What is pilpul in Bengali?
Pilpul in Bengali is বিতর্ক এবং সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণ. See Pilpul meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pilpul?
Pilpul is a noun.
How do you pronounce pilpul?
Pilpul is pronounced /ˈpɪlˌpʊl/.

Words near pilpul in the dictionary

  1. pilow
  2. pilows
  3. Pilpai
  4. Pilpay
  5. pilpil
  6. pilpul
  7. pilpulic
  8. pilpulism
  9. pilpulist
  10. pilpulistic
  11. pilpulists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pilpul (page history and authors); pilpul (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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