chinar

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 about it, the plague has not come nigh their dwellings."

词形变化

chinars plural chenar alternative cheenar alternative chinaur alternative chunar alternative

词源

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/).
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