چنار

Persian

Alternative forms
  • چنال‎ (čenâl) (rare)
  • صنار‎ (senâr) (rare)

Etymology

From Middle Persian cynʾl (činār).

Pronunciation

Noun
Dari Persian چنار‎
Iranian Persian چنار‎
Tajiki Persian чинор (činor)

چنار • (čenâr) (plural چنارها‎ (čenâr-hâ))

  1. chinar, oriental plane, Platanus orientalis
  2. Platanus

Adjective

چنار • (čenâr)

  1. (slang) tall (of person)

Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: çinar
  • Georgian: ჩინარი (činari)
  • Hindi: चिनार (cinār)
  • Kurdish: çinar
  • Macedonian: чинар (činar)
  • Malayalam: ചിനാർ (cinār)
  • Mingrelian: ჩინარი (činari)
  • Russian: чинар (činar)
  • Tatar: чинар (çinar)
  • Turkish: çınar
  • Uzbek: chinor
  • Urdu: چنار‎ (činar)

See also

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “činār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 22
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