sapan
/səˈpæn/
sapan noun: wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.
Noun
sapan (usually uncountable, plural sapans)
- Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.
- Synonyms:
- brazilwood, sappanwood
Proper noun capitalized: Sapan
Sapan
- A male given name from Hindi used in India.
sapan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malay and Indonesian
sapan in Hindi
- (Biancaea sappan
- पत्रंग patraṅg
sapan in Tamil
- sapan, Caesalpinia sappan
- சப்பங்கி cappaṅki
sapan in Malay
- (Biancaea sappan
- sepang, secang
sapan in Indonesian
- (Biancaea sappan
- sepang, secang
More languagesFewer languages
- sapan in Thai
- ฝาง fǎang
- sapan in Vietnamese
- vang, tô mộc
- sapan in Myanmar
- တိန်းညက် tin:nyak, စွန်သဲ cwansai:
Synonyms of sapan
Forms of sapan
| plural | sapans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sappan |
| alternative form | sapon |
| alternative form | sappon |
Origin of sapan
From Malay sepang.
From Hindi [Term?] (“dream”).
Phrases with sapan
Questions about sapan
- What does sapan mean?
- Sapan means wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.
- What is sapan in Hindi?
- Sapan in Hindi is पत्रंग (patraṅg). See Sapan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sapan?
- Sapan can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sapan?
- Sapan is pronounced /səˈpæn/.
- What is the plural of sapan?
- The plural of sapan is sapans.
Words near sapan in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sapan (page history and authors); Sapan (page history and authors); சப்பங்கி (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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