sandalwood

English

Santalum paniculatum(sandalwood)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English sandell, saundres, from Old French sandale, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Ancient Greek σαγάλινος (santalinos, “of sandalwood”), from σάνδανον (sandanon), from Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsandəlwʊd/

Noun

sandalwood (plural sandalwoods)

1. Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native to India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
2. The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

Translations

any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum

• Czech: santal (cs) m
• German: sándalo (de) m

• Maori: taiko (mi), maire taiki (mi)
• Polish: sandałowiec m

the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum

• Czech: santal (cs) m
• German: Sandelholz (de) n

• Spanish: sándalo (es) m

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• Arabic: صندل (ʂandal)
• Dutch: sandelhout
• Estonian: sandlipuu
• French: santal m
• German: Sandelholz, Santelholz, Santalholz
• Greek: σανταλόξυλο (el) (santalóksylo) n
• Hawaiian: ʻiliahi
• Hebrew: אלמוג (Almog)
• Hindi: चन्दन (ćandan) m, सन्दल (sandal) m
• Indonesian: cendana
• Lao: ຈັນ (lo) (can)

• Persian: صندل (sandal), چندن (čandan)
• Portuguese: sândalo m
• Punjabi: ਚੰਦਨ
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Sanskrit: चन्दन (ćandana) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сандаловина f

  Roman: sandalovina f

• Slovene: sandalovina f
• Spanish: árbol de sándalo (es)
• Swahili: msanduku (sw)
• Swedish: sandel (sv)
• Urdu: چندن (ćandan) m, صندل (sandal) m