As a Hindi name
पीलु · pīlu · s.m.
The tree Careya arborea, or Salvadora persica (of which tooth-brushes or dentifrices are made) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 301
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: एक फलदार वृक्ष जिसे पीला या पीलू कहते हैं · फूल । पुष्प
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set पीना (pīnā) पिलाना (pilānā) पिलवाना (pilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati Sanskrit पिब॑ति (píbati) Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï) Hindi पीना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of tree (Careya Arborea or Salvadora Persica, ), &c.
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Dictionary citations
pīlu m. (cf. Uṇ. i, 38, Sch.) a species of tree (Careya Arborea or Salvadora Persica, L.), MBh.; R. &c.
a group of palm trees or the stem of the palm, L.
a flower, L.
the blossoms of Saccharum Sara, L.
a piece of bone (asthi-khanda), L.
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