betel

From Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila), from വെറു (veṟu, “plain, mere”) +‎ ഇല (ila, “leaf”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tᵊl/

betel (usually uncountable, plural betels)

1. Either of two plants often used in combination:
   • 1958, R. K. Narayan, The Guide, Penguin, 1988, p. 194,

     Her face was flushed with the tingling effect of betel leaves.

   1. an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper
   2. the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
2. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Burmese Days‎:

     He went to the rail to spit out a scarlet mouthful of betel […]

   • 2002, Vātsyāyana, Kama Sutra, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar, Oxford University Press, 3.3.16, pp. 83-84,

     Within the range of his powers, he sends her, secretly, […] cosmetics such as red lac, red arsenic, yellow arsenic, red mercury sulphide, and black collyrium; sandalwood paste and saffron; and, in course of time, areca nuts and betel leaves for betel.

• areca
• paan

• let be

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele \ bétel, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.təl/

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• Hyphenation: be‧tel
• Rhymes: -eːtəl

betel f (plural betels)

1. betel
   1. betel vine, Piper betle

      Synonym: betelpeper

   2. betel palm, Areca catechu

      Synonyms: betelboom, betelpalm

• betelblad
• betelboom
• betelnoot
• betelpalm
• betelpeper

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tel/
• Rhymes: -ɛtel
• Hyphenation: bè‧tel

betel m (invariable)

1. betel leaf, Piper betle

• betel in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛl
• Syllabification: be‧tel

betel m inan

1. betel, betel pepper (Piper betle)

   Synonyms: pieprz betelowy, pieprz żuwny

2. betel (chewing preparation)

• betel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• betel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French bétel.

betel m (plural beteli)

1. (botany) betel