babul
A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bəˈbuːl/
- Context: Southern England · Audio
- Rhymes: -uːl
Noun
- A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
- In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms. - 1884, Rudyard Kipling, The Moon of Other Days
Origin
Borrowed both from French baboul and from Hindi बबूल (babūl, “babul tree”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वव्वोल (vavvola, “acacia”).