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palas¹

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From Hindi पलाश (palāś), from Sanskrit.

noun palases · palasa · palash · pulas

  1. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma. The Dhak or Palas is a familiar wild tree and is common throughout the greater part of India except in drier parts.

    Similar: dhak, flame of the forest

palas²

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of pala (“paladin”)

Palas³

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Pala

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@misc{palas_2026,
  title = {palas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/palas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}