Definitions for pipal

pipal pi·pal

Spelling: [pahy-puh l, pee-]
IPA: /ˈpaɪ pəl, ˈpi-/

Pipal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in pipal (ailpp).

Definitions for pipal

noun

  1. a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.

Origin of pipal

1780-90; Hindi pīpal Sanskrit pippala

Examples for pipal

Heavy cracks in the roof let in shafts of the fading daylight, and roots of weeds and pipal trees had penetrated and hung below.

Hornbills feed largely on fruit and are fond of that of the pipal and the banian trees.

I discovered that the bird making the commotion near the summit of the pipal tree was a vulture.

This was a nest in course of construction, which the vulture was lining with pipal branches.

He was sitting under a pipal tree in a little village named Buddh-gaya, southeast of Benares, when light dawned upon his soul.

Scarcely had I lost sight of him when there was a considerable commotion in the pipal tree near by.

Something like it is the peepul, or pipal, though its branches do not take root in the ground like the other.

The shesham, the sal, the pipal and the nim are vivid with fresh foliage.

No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.

Word Value for pipal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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