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tulsi

Syllables: tul·siUK/ˈtʊlsiː/US/ˈtʊlsi/

tulsi noun: holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.

tulsi: holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum
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Noun

tulsi (usually uncountable, plural tulsis)

  1. (usually) Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
    • It was a long, long time since I had been to Rohala and while I recalled some of the rooms and the courtyard with the fountain and the tulsi plant, I had no memories of the exterior of the house I was looking for.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157

Proper noun capitalized: Tulsi

IPA/ˈtʌlsi/

Tulsi

  1. A female given name from Hindi.
    • President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday chose Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who became one of his most enthusiastic backers, to serve as the director of national intelligence.2024 November 13, Julian E. Barnes, “Trump Chooses Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence”, in The New York Times
    • “Bobby’s a star,” Mr. Trump told one associate. “Tulsi? Tulsi wants to be a star.”2025 June 20, Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump’s Rebuke of Gabbard Signals an Uneasy Moment”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

tulsi meaning in Gujarati

tulsi in Gujarati

tulsi
તુલસી tulsī

Forms of tulsi

pluraltulsis
alternative formtulasi
alternative formthulasi

Origin of tulsi

Borrowed from Hindi तुलसी (tulsī), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

From Hindi तुलसी (tulsī, “holy basil”), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Questions about tulsi

What does tulsi mean?
Tulsi means holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
What is tulsi in Gujarati?
Tulsi in Gujarati is તુલસી (tulsī). See Tulsi meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is tulsi?
Tulsi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tulsi?
Tulsi is pronounced /ˈtʊlsiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of tulsi?
The plural of tulsi is tulsis.

Words near tulsi in the dictionary

  1. Tulpius valve
  2. Tulpius valves
  3. Tulsa
  4. Tulsa County
  5. Tulse Hill
  6. tulsi
  7. tulsis
  8. Tultitlán
  9. Tulu
  10. Tulu Nadu
  11. Tulufan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tulsi (page history and authors); Tulsi (page history and authors); તુલસી (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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