English

Alternative forms

• babool

Noun

babul ‎(plural babuls)

1. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
   • Rudyard Kipling

     In place of Putney's golden gorse / The sickly babul blooms.

Synonyms

• kikar

Volapük

Etymology

From a contraction of balsebalul ( = bals ‎(“ten, now deg”) +‎ e ‎(“and”) +‎ bal ‎(“one”) +‎ -ul ‎(“(morpheme for) month (< mul)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.ˈbul]

Noun

babul ‎(plural babuls)

1. (obsolete) November (the eleventh (11th) month of the year)

Declension

Usage notes

• This older term has been replaced by novul ‎(“November”).

Synonyms

• (obsolete) balsebalul
• degbalul (contraction > degbul)
• novul