ਚਿਨਾਰ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چنار (činâr).

Noun

ਚਿਨਾਰ • (cinār) m (Shahmukhi spelling چنار)

1. oriental plane (Platanus orientalis)

Related terms

• ਚਿਨਾਰੀ (cinārī, “made of plane wood”, adjective)

Further reading

• “ਚਿਨਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਚਿਨਾਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.