"betel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbiːtəl/ Forms: betels [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila), from വെറു (veṟu, “plain, mere”) + ഇല (ila, “leaf”) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|pt|bétele|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Portuguese bétele, {{bor+|en|pt|bétele}} Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, {{der|en|ml|വെറ്റില}} Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila), {{com|ml|വെറു|ഇല|nocat=1|t1=plain, mere|t2=leaf}} വെറു (veṟu, “plain, mere”) + ഇല (ila, “leaf”), {{der|en|ta|வெற்றிலை}} Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} betel (usually uncountable, plural betels)
  1. Either of two plants often used in combination:
    an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-betel-en-noun-lxUB947g Categories (other): Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes: 37 45 2 15
  2. Either of two plants often used in combination:
    the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-betel-en-noun-4kAj0hpC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 48 4 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 51 4 13 Disambiguation of Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes: 37 45 2 15
  3. Either of two plants often used in combination: Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-betel-en-noun-H23fha6s
  4. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quid, chewing preparation): betel (Finnish), paan (Finnish), bétel [masculine] (French), Betel [masculine] (German), betel [masculine] (Polish), betel [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-betel-en-noun-Cp9W4Kx~ Categories (other): Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Northern Thai terms with redundant script codes: 37 45 2 15 Disambiguation of 'quid, chewing preparation': 9 3 3 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: betel bag, betel leaf, betel nut, betel palm, betel pepper, betel seller Related terms: areca, paan Translations (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut): ကွမ်းရွက်ပင် (kwam:rwakpang) (Burmese), bètel [masculine] (Catalan), 檳榔 (Chinese Mandarin), 槟榔 (bīnláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 蔞葉 (Chinese Mandarin), 蒌叶 (lóuyè) (Chinese Mandarin), betel [feminine] (Dutch), betelpippuri (taxonomic: Piper betle) (Finnish), betelpalmu (taxonomic: Areca catechu) (Finnish), bétel [masculine] (French), Betelpfeffer (english: pepper) [masculine] (German), Betelnuss (english: nut) [feminine] (German), पान (pān) [masculine] (Hindi), bétel (Hungarian), sirih (Indonesian), samoh (english: leaf) (Ivatan), mamahen (english: nut) (Ivatan), 'aviki (Kanakanabu), ម្លូ (mluu) (Khmer), ພູ (phū) (Lao), ᦗᦴ (puu) (), sirih (taxonomic: Piper betle) (Malay), pinang (taxonomic: Areca catechu) (Malay), tlù (Muong), พลู (Northern Thai), ᨻᩖᩪ (Northern Thai), bétele [masculine] (Portuguese), бете́ль (betélʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ပူႉ (pṵ̂u) (Shan), betel [masculine] (Spanish), ꪝꪴ (ꞌpú) (Tai Dam), வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai) (Tamil), lele (Ternate), พลู (pluu) (Thai), lele (Tidore), bata (Tok Pisin), daka (Tok Pisin), پان (pān) [masculine] (Urdu), trầu (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut': 38 42 15 5

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2002, Vātsyāyana, Kama Sutra, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar, Oxford University Press, 3.3.16, pp. 83-84,\nWithin 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."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
          "word": "betel"
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          "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bétel"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Betel"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "betel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 3 3 85",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "betel"
        }
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      "homophone": "Beatle"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kwam:rwakpang",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ကွမ်းရွက်ပင်"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bètel"
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      "word": "檳榔"
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      "word": "槟榔"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "蔞葉"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lóuyè",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "蒌叶"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "betel"
    },
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      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Piper betle",
      "word": "betelpippuri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Areca catechu",
      "word": "betelpalmu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bétel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "de",
      "english": "pepper",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betelpfeffer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "de",
      "english": "nut",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Betelnuss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pān",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पान"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "bétel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "sirih"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ivv",
      "english": "leaf",
      "lang": "Ivatan",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "samoh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ivv",
      "english": "nut",
      "lang": "Ivatan",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "mamahen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "xnb",
      "lang": "Kanakanabu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "'aviki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mluu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ម្លូ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phū",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ພູ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "puu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ᦗᦴ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Piper betle",
      "word": "sirih"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Areca catechu",
      "word": "pinang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "mtq",
      "lang": "Muong",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "tlù"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "พลู"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ᨻᩖᩪ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bétele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "betélʹ",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бете́ль"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "pṵ̂u",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ပူႉ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "roman": "ꞌpú",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ꪝꪴ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "veṟṟilai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "வெற்றிலை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "tft",
      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "lele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pluu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "พลู"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "tvo",
      "lang": "Tidore",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "lele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "bata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "daka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 42 15 5",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pān",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
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        },
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          "text": "2002, Vātsyāyana, Kama Sutra, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar, Oxford University Press, 3.3.16, pp. 83-84,\nWithin 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."
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "kwam:rwakpang",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ကွမ်းရွက်ပင်"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bètel"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "檳榔"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnláng",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "槟榔"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "蔞葉"
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      "roman": "lóuyè",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "蒌叶"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "betel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Piper betle",
      "word": "betelpippuri"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Areca catechu",
      "word": "betelpalmu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bétel"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "pepper",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betelpfeffer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "nut",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Betelnuss"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pān",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पान"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "bétel"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "sirih"
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      "english": "leaf",
      "lang": "Ivatan",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "samoh"
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      "english": "nut",
      "lang": "Ivatan",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "mamahen"
    },
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      "code": "xnb",
      "lang": "Kanakanabu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "'aviki"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mluu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ម្លូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phū",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ພູ"
    },
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      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "puu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ᦗᦴ"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Piper betle",
      "word": "sirih"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "taxonomic": "Areca catechu",
      "word": "pinang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mtq",
      "lang": "Muong",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "tlù"
    },
    {
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "พลู"
    },
    {
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ᨻᩖᩪ"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bétele"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "betélʹ",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бете́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "pṵ̂u",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ပူႉ"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "betel"
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      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "roman": "ꞌpú",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "ꪝꪴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "veṟṟilai",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "வெற்றிலை"
    },
    {
      "code": "tft",
      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "lele"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pluu",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "พลู"
    },
    {
      "code": "tvo",
      "lang": "Tidore",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "lele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "bata"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "daka"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pān",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پان"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut",
      "word": "trầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "word": "betel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "word": "paan"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "betel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quid, chewing preparation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "betel"
    }
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