تنبول

Arabic

Alternative forms

تَانَبُول‎ (tānabūl), تَامُول‎ (tāmūl)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ताम्बूल (tāmbūla). The form تَانَبُول‎ (tānabūl) is a learned borrowing from Persian ‎ (tânbul), the form تَامُول‎ (tāmūl) an unlearned adaptation towards a triliteral of it or another Indian descendant of the Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

(literary) IPA^(key): /tum.buːl/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /tam.buːl/

Noun

تُنْبُول • (tunbūl) m

the betel pepper and the betel leaf – as opposed to the betel nut فَوْفَل‎ (fawfal)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: թմբուլ (tʿmbul)

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