bael

See also: bal, bel, bäl, and bæl

English

A bael tree

Alternative forms

• bel

Etymology

From Hindi बिल्व (bilv) or Marathi बेल (bel), from Sanskrit विल्व (vilva) or बैल्व (bailva).

Noun

bael (plural baels)

1. A tropical fruit tree from India, .
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra, Orient Black Swan 2015, p. 2:

     In the courtyard there were fruit and flowering trees appropriate for the worship of Mahadev, as also a bel tree.

2. The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple.

Translations

tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos

• Assamese: বেল গছ (bel gos)
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• Portuguese: marmeleiro-da-índia m, marmeleira-da-índia f
• Thai: มะตูม (má-dtuum)

fruit of the tree

• Assamese: বেল (bel)
• Maithili: बेल (bēl)
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• Thai: มะตูม (má-dtuum)

• Assamese: বেল (bel)
• Bengali: ^{(please verify)} বেল (bn) (bel)
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} બીલી (bīlī)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बिल्व (hi) (bilv)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} maja (id)
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಮರ (bilvapatre mara)
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} bilak, ^{(please verify)} bilak mata, ^{(please verify)} maja, ^{(please verify)} maja batu, ^{(please verify)} maja batu ingus, ^{(please verify)} majapahit, ^{(please verify)} maja gelepung, ^{(please verify)} maja gedang, ^{(please verify)} maja lumut
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} बेल (bel)
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• Nepali: ^{(please verify)} बेल (bel)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} ба́и́ль m (báílʹ), ^{(please verify)} ка́менное я́блоко n (kámennoje jábloko)
• Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} बिल्व (sa) (bilva)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} வில்வம் (ta) (vilvam)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మారేడు (te) (mārēḍu)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} มะตูม (matūm)

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bale, beal, blea

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧el

Noun

bael

1. the bael tree ()
2. the fruit of this tree; the wood apple