बब्बूल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बब्बुल (babbula)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐb.buː.lɐ/, [bɐb̚.buː.lɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐbˈbuː.l̪ɐ/, [bɐb̚ˈbuː.l̪ɐ]

Noun

बब्बूल • (babbūla) stem, m

1. babul (Acacia arabica)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बब्बूल (babbūla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बब्बूलः babbūlaḥ	बब्बूलौ / बब्बूला¹ babbūlau / babbūlā¹	बब्बूलाः / बब्बूलासः¹ babbūlāḥ / babbūlāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बब्बूल babbūla	बब्बूलौ / बब्बूला¹ babbūlau / babbūlā¹	बब्बूलाः / बब्बूलासः¹ babbūlāḥ / babbūlāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बब्बूलम् babbūlam	बब्बूलौ / बब्बूला¹ babbūlau / babbūlā¹	बब्बूलान् babbūlān
Instrumental	बब्बूलेन babbūlena	बब्बूलाभ्याम् babbūlābhyām	बब्बूलैः / बब्बूलेभिः¹ babbūlaiḥ / babbūlebhiḥ¹
Dative	बब्बूलाय babbūlāya	बब्बूलाभ्याम् babbūlābhyām	बब्बूलेभ्यः babbūlebhyaḥ
Ablative	बब्बूलात् babbūlāt	बब्बूलाभ्याम् babbūlābhyām	बब्बूलेभ्यः babbūlebhyaḥ
Genitive	बब्बूलस्य babbūlasya	बब्बूलयोः babbūlayoḥ	बब्बूलानाम् babbūlānām
Locative	बब्बूले babbūle	बब्बूलयोः babbūlayoḥ	बब्बूलेषु babbūleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀩𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀽𑀮 (babbūla)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    • Old Awadhi: बबूर (babūr)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: बबुल् (babul), बबुर् (babur)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Bengali: বাবুল (babul)
    • Bihari:
      • Maithili: बबुर (babur)
    • Odia: ବବୁର (babura), ବବୁରି (baburi), ବବୁଲ (babula)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: babūl

      Gurmukhi script: ਬਬੂਲ

      Shahmukhi script: بَبُول

    • Sindhi: ḇaḇuru

      Arabic script: ٻَٻُرُ

      Devanagari script: ॿॿुरु

  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀽𑀮 (babbūla)
    • Hindustani: babūl
      • Hindi: बबूल
      • Urdu: ببول
      • → English: babul

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “बब्बुलः,_बब्बूलः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “babbūla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press