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guggul

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːɡəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • go͞o.gəl

1

noun

Meaning 1

Commiphora wightii, a flowering plant most common in northern India, with thin papery bark and thorny branches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Resin extracted from the plant, used in traditional medicine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गूगल (gūgal), from Sanskrit गुल्गु॒लु॒ (gúlgulu).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُقْل (muql) — Commiphora wightii
  • Assamese: গুগ্গুল (guggul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Bengali: গুগগুল (guggul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Bengali: গুগগুলু (guggulu) — Commiphora wightii
  • Chinese Cantonese: 求求羅香 /求求罗香 (kau4 kau4 lo4 hoeng1) — Commiphora wightii
  • Chinese Cantonese: 安息香 (on1 sik1 hoeng1) — Commiphora wightii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 求求羅香 /求求罗香 (qiúqiúluó xiāng) — Commiphora wightii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安息香 (ānxīxiāng, ānxíxiāng) — Commiphora wightii
  • Classical Syriac: ܡܘܩܠܐ (muqlā) — Commiphora wightii
  • French: gugulon — Commiphora wightii
  • German: Bdelliumharz — Commiphora wightii
  • Hindi: गूगल (gūgal) — Commiphora wightii
  • Hindi: गुग्गुल (guggul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Italian: gugul — Commiphora wightii
  • Kannada: ಗುಗ್ಗುಲು (guggulu) — Commiphora wightii
  • Malayalam: ഗുൽഗുലു (gulgulu) — Commiphora wightii
  • Marathi: गुग्गुळ (gugguḷ) — Commiphora wightii
  • Nepali: गुगुल् (gugul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Newar: गुगुली (gugulī) — Commiphora wightii
  • Odia: ଗୁଗ୍ଗୁଳ (gugguḷa) — Commiphora wightii
  • Persian: مقل — Commiphora wightii
  • Punjabi: ਗੁੱਗਲ (guggal) — Commiphora wightii
  • Punjabi: ਗੁੱਗੁਲ (guggul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Punjabi: ਮੁਕਲ (mukal) — Commiphora wightii
  • Sanskrit: गुग्गुल (guggula) — Commiphora wightii
  • Sanskrit: गुल्गु॒लु॒ (gúlgulu) — Commiphora wightii
  • Spanish: guggul — Commiphora wightii
  • Spanish: mukul — Commiphora wightii
  • Tamil: குக்குலு (kukkulu) — Commiphora wightii
  • Tibetan: གུ་གུལ (gu gul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Tibetan: གུག་གུལ (gug gul) — Commiphora wightii
  • Urdu: گوگل (gūgal) — Commiphora wightii