बेल

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (bĕlla), from Sanskrit बैल्व (bailva), vṛddhi derivative of बिल्व (bilva) (cf. Bengali বেল (bel)).

बेल (bēl) ? (Kaithi 𑂥𑂵𑂪)

1. bael fruit

(Proverbs)

• बेल पाकल तऽ कउआ के बाप के का (bēl pākal taː kauā kē bāp kē kā)

• त्रिपाठी, सर्वेन्द्रपति; दुबे, ब्रजकिशोर (1982), वाणी के बोल : भोजपुरी कहाउति संग्रह‎^[4] (in Bhojpuri), पटना: सर्वेन्द्र प्रकाशन, page 58

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (bĕlla), from Sanskrit बैल्व (bailva), vṛddhi derivative of बिल्व (bilva) (cf. Bengali বেল (bel)).

बेल • (bel) m

1. bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)^[1][2][3]

   Synonyms: बिल्व (bilv), श्रीफल (śrīphal), शोण्डिल्य (śoṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣ), मालूर (mālūr), गन्धगर्भ (gandhagarbh), सदाफल (sadāphal), महाकपित्थ (mahākpitth), ग्रन्थिल (granthil), सिरफल (sirphal)

• → English: bael, bel

Probable corruption of Sanskrit वल्ली (vallī) (cf. Bengali বেল (bel)).

बेल • (bel) f^[3]

1. creeper

   Synonyms: लता (latā), वल्ली (vallī)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बेल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3558
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बेल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 535
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बेल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 746
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बेल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 467.

• IPA^(key): [beːl]

बेल • (bēl) (Tirhuta 𑒥𑒹𑒪)

1. bael

Inherited from Old Marathi बेल (bela), from Prakrit 𑀩𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (bĕlla), from Sanskrit बैल्व (bailva), vṛddhi derivative of बिल्व (bilva).

बेल • (bel) m

1. bael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos)^[4]

   Synonym: बिल्व (bilva)

2. bael leaf^[4]

   Synonym: बिल्व (bilva)

3. bael fruit, Bengal quince^[4]

   Synonyms: बिल्व (bilva), बेलफळ (belphaḷ), श्रीफल (śrīphal), श्रीफळ (śrīphaḷ), (unripe) बाळबेल (bāḷbel)

(Nouns)

• बेलकाचरी f (belkācrī)
• बेलभंडार m (belbhaṇḍār)