köken: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 보리 (Yale: pwòlì). Cho Hang-bum believes that the prefix is from a reference to barley as an inferior or an "approximate" rice.
sacred fig, bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa (species of fig venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree)
the pipal, sacred fig or bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa)
çekim: çoğul அரசமரங்கள்
köken: Compound of அரச (araca, adjectival of அரசு (aracu, “pipal tree”)) + மரம் (maram, “tree”). Cognate with Kannada ಅರಸೆ (arase) and Malayalam [Term?], അരയാൽ (arayāl).
ashvattha, sacred fig (a tree of species Ficus religiosa) · a vessel made from ashvattha wood · the upper अरणि (araṇi) made of ashvattha wood
çekim: çoğul अ॒श्व॒त्थाः · tamlayan अ॒श्व॒त्थस्य॑
köken: Uncertain. The plausible etymologies proposed in the literature are: * Per Turner, from a substrate term that has been Sanskritised + -त्थ (-ttha, “wood”), a suffix also found in कपित्थ (kapittha, “bael tree”), डित्थ (ḍittha, “wooden elephant”), and डवित्थ (ḍavittha, “wooden antelope”). In this case, the first element is probably not अश्व (aśva, “horse”). * Per Mayrhofer, compare Proto-Iranian…