# पिप्पलि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পিপ্পলি (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬶᬧ᭄ᬧᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
* পিপ্পলি (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰿𑰢𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ပိပ္ပလိ (Burmese script)
* પિપ્પલિ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਿਪ੍ਪਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌪𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦶꦥ꧀ꦥꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂹𑂣𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಿಪ್ಪಲಿ (Kannada script)
* បិប្បលិ (Khmer script)
* ປິປ຺ປລິ (Lao script)
* പിപ്പലി (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᢒᢒᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘿𑘢𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᢒᢒᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧠𑧂𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
* ପିପ୍ପଲି (Odia script)
* ꢦꢶꢦ꣄ꢦꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖿𑖢𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
* පිප‍්පලි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑩰 𑪙𑩰𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚶𑚞𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
* பிப்பலி (Tamil script)
* పిప్పలి (Telugu script)
* ปิปฺปลิ (Thai script)
* པི་པྤ་ལི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑓂𑒣𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑩇𑨞𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Derived from पिप्पल (píppala).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pip.pɐ.li/, [pip̚.pɐ.li]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpip.pɐ.l̪i/, [ˈpip̚.pɐ.l̪i]

### Noun

पिप्पलि • (pippali) stem, f
* berry
* peppercorn
* long pepper

#### Declension
### Noun

पिप्पलि • (pippali) stem, n
* (with वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya)) name of a sāman

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭𑀻 (pipparī)
** Awadhi: पीपरि (pīpri)
* Gandhari:
** → Middle Iranian (or from some other Prakrit)
*** Persian: پلپل (pelpel)
**** → Arabic: فِلْفِل (filfil)
***** → Classical Persian: فِلْفِل (filfil)
**** → Baluchi: پلپل (pilpil)
**** → Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל (pílpel)
**** → Swahili: pilipili
*** → Old Armenian: պղպեղ (płpeł), պղպիղ (płpił)
**** → Armenian: պղպեղ (pġpeġ)
*** → Old Georgian: პილპილი (ṗilṗili)
**** Georgian: პილპილი (ṗilṗili)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: পিপলি (pipoli)
** Bengali: পিপুল (pipul) (< *পিপল (*pipol))
** Bhojpuri: पीपरि (pīpᵊri)
* Maharastri Prakrit:
** Old Marathi: पिंपळी (piṃpaḷī)
*** Marathi: पिंपळी (pimpḷī)
** → Kannada: ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ (hippali)
* Pali: pipphalī
* Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Nepali: पिपला (piplā)
** Gujarati: પીપર (pīpar)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: पीपल (pīpal), पीपर (pīpar)
    Urdu: پیپل (pīpal)
**   * → English: peepul, peepal, pipul, pipal
** Punjabi: ਪਿੱਪਲੀ (pippalī) (or a direct borrowing from Sanskrit)
** → Ancient Greek: πέπερι (péperi) (or from another Prakrit, or from Middle Persian)
*** Greek: πιπέρι (pipéri) (see there for further descendants); πιπεριά (piperiá)
*** Mariupol Greek: пипе́р (pipjér)
*** → Latin: piper (see there for further descendants)
*** ⇒ New Latin: peperomia

##### Borrowings

* → Middle Chinese: 蓽拔 (MC pjit bjot|bat|beat), 蓽茇 (MC pjit pat|bat)
** Chinese: 蓽拔／荜拔 (bìbá)
** → Japanese: 畢撥 (ヒハツ, hihatsu)
** → Korean: 필발 (pilbal) (蓽茇)
* → Old Tamil:
** Tamil: திப்பிலி (tippili)
** → Malayalam: തിപ്പലി (tippali)
* → Telugu: పిప్పలి (pippali)
* → Thai: ดีปลี (dii-bplii)
* → Tibetan: པི་པི་ལིང (pi pi ling)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “píppala-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पिप्पलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0628/1.