parijat

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noun

night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).

OriginMarathi पारिजात →
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Meanings

nounparijat (uncountable)
  1. Indiauncountablenight jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).

    ‘What are you betting?’ I looked out of the window. ‘The flowers from the parijat tree.’

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 355
    2 more examples

    In order to completely carry out this bartā, she required a flower from the parijāt tree, a tree that does not grow in the heavenly city of Indra.

    2008, Michael Charles Baltutis, The Festival of Indra, page 220

    She turned away and cleared the parijat flowers from the stone edge of the pool with a wet hand.

    2013, Indu Sundaresan, The Indu Sundaresan Collection

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
night-blooming jasmine

Origin

  1. Marathiपारिजात
  2. Englishparijat

From Marathi पारिजात (pārijāt).

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APA

parijat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parijat

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“parijat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parijat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parijat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parijat.

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