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chinar

chinar noun: an oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis).

chinar: an oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis)
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Noun

chinar (plural chinars)

  1. An oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis).
    • The chinar, or Oriental plane tree, has been cultivated in Persia from the earliest period; and Evelyn states that "a worthy knight, who staid at Ispahan when that famous city was infected with a raging pestilence, told" him "that, since they have planted a greater number of these noble treees...1854, John Claudius Loudon, Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum
    • The lakes, the gardens, the chinars golden in autumn, the Himalayas all around.2007 October 26, Holland Cotter, “Treasures From a Land in Tumult”, in New York Times

Forms of chinar

pluralchinars
alternative formchenar
alternative formcheenar
alternative formchinaur
alternative formchunar

Origin of chinar

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिनार (cinār) / Urdu چِنَار (cinār), in turn derived from Classical Persian چِنَار (činār, “Platanus”), ultimately derived from Middle Persian cynʾl (/⁠činār⁠/).

Questions about chinar

What does chinar mean?
Chinar means an oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis).
What part of speech is chinar?
Chinar is a noun.
What is the plural of chinar?
The plural of chinar is chinars.

Words near chinar in the dictionary

  1. Chinapeople
  2. Chinaperson
  3. Chinapersons
  4. Chinaphobia
  5. chinaphthol
  6. chinar
  7. chinaroot
  8. chinaroots
  9. Chinarra
  10. chinars
  11. chinas

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