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Pronunciation / Transliteration: peepa
"शराब एक बड़े लकड़ी के पीपे में रखी जाती है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A large cask or barrel used for holding liquids, especially wine, beer, or oil.
"The ancient wine cellar was lined with massive wooden tuns that had aged spirits for decades." - 2
A historical large measure of capacity for liquids, typically equivalent to 252 gallons.
"Merchants in the medieval port traded wine by the tun, calculating taxes and shipping fees accordingly."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'tunne', meaning a large cask or barrel, which itself traces back through Late Latin 'tunna' and Celtic origins into Germanic languages. Historically, it served both as a large container for liquids like wine and beer and as a specific unit of liquid capacity, eventually evolving into the closely related word 'ton'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tun" is said worldwide
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tonne
Transliteration: ton
"Le vin repose dans une grande tonne en chêne."
Fass
Transliteration: fass
"Der Wein reift in einem großen hölzernen Fass."
botte
Transliteration: botte
"La cantina conteneva una grande botte di vino."
tonel
Transliteration: tonel
"El vino se almacena en un tonel de roble."
tonel
Transliteration: tonel
"O vinho envelhece num grande tonel de madeira."
पीपा
Transliteration: peepa
"शराब एक बड़े लकड़ी के पीपे में रखी जाती है।"
大酒桶
Transliteration: dà jiǔtǒng
"陈年葡萄酒存放在大酒桶里。"
큰 통
Transliteration: keun tong
"와인은 커다란 나무 통에서 숙성됩니다."
大樽
Transliteration: oódaru
"ワインは大きな木の樽で熟成されます。"
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