different between tetel vs betel

English

Noun

tetel (plural tetels)

1. A large African antelope (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora) with widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.

Synonyms

• Tora hartebeest

Anagrams

• ettle

Italian

Noun

tetel (invariable)

1. Tora hartebeest

   Synonym: alcelafo torà

English

Etymology

From Tamil ???????? (ve??ilai), from ????? (ve??a, “variety”) + ??? (ilai, “leaf”).

Noun

betel (usually uncountable, plural betels)

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

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

2. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.
   • 2002, V?tsy?yana, 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.

Translations

See also

• areca
• paan

References

Anagrams

• let be

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele/bétel, from Tamil ???????? (ve??ilai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?.t?l/
• Hyphenation: be?tel
• Rhymes: -e?t?l

Noun

betel f (plural betels)

1. betel
   1. betel vine, Piper betle

      Synonym: betelpeper

   2. betel palm, Areca catechu

      Synonyms: betelboom, betelpalm

Derived terms

• betelblad
• betelboom
• betelnoot
• betelpalm
• betelpeper

Italian

Noun

betel m (invariable)

1. betel leaf, Piper betle

Further reading

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