تنبول

العربية

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تنبول^¹

/tum.buːl/
/tam.buːl/

Where it comes from

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

noun تُنْبُول · tunbūl · التُّنْبُول · تُنْبُولٌ

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

تنبول^²

/tun.buːl/

noun تُنْبُول · tunbūl · تَنَابِيل · التُّنْبُول

alternative alternative form of تِنْبَال (tinbāl, “dwarf, midget”)

In English

betel pepper Piper betle
betel leaf leaf of the betel

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {تنبول},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}