Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bablah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bablah
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Uncountable

Etymology

Compare Persian ببول (babul, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit बब्बुल (babbula), बब्बूल (babbūla, “species of acacia used for tanning”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bablahs (plural) babulah (alternative)

Synonyms

babool babul

Questions

What does bablah mean?: The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Where does bablah come from?: Compare Persian ببول (babul, “a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic”), Sanskrit बब्बुल (babbula), बब्बूल (babbūla, “species of acacia used for tanning”).

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