babul

== English == === Alternative forms === babool === Etymology === Borrowed both from French baboul and from Hindi बबूल (babūl, “babul tree”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वव्वोल (vavvola, “acacia”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈbuːl/ Rhymes: -uːl === Noun === babul (plural babuls) A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica. ==== Synonyms ==== kikar, prickly acacia === References === “babul”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “babul, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2011. Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Acacia nilotica subsp. indica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Vachellia+nilotica at The Plant List === Anagrams === bubal == Volapük == === Etymology === From a contraction of balsebalul ( = bals (“ten, now deg”) +‎ e (“and”) +‎ bal (“one”) +‎ -ul (“(bound morpheme for) month (< mul)”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ba.ˈbul] === Noun === babul (nominative plural babuls) (obsolete) November (the eleventh (11th) month of the year) ==== Usage notes ==== This older term has been replaced by novul (“November”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== balsebalul (obsolete) degbalul (cf. parallel contractions: deg(balul) > degbul; balse(balul) > babul) novul