سندر

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently from Ancient Greek σημύδα (sēmúda), a hapax attested in Θεόφραστος often glossed as birch. Perhaps borrowed into Arabic from a manuscript variant or elsewhere with a suffix such as a *σημυδάριον (*sēmudárion) with -άριον (-árion), or this ending is derived from popularity in Arabic, as in the example of سَفَنْدَر (safandar, “box holly (Ruscus gen. et spp.)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san.dar/

Noun

سَنْدَر • (sandar) m

1. birch (Betula gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: شَجَر الْقُضْبَان (šajar al-quḍbān), بَتُولَا (batūlā)

Declension

Declension of noun سَنْدَر (sandar)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَنْدَر sandar	السَّنْدَر as-sandar	سَنْدَر sandar
nominative	سَنْدَرٌ sandarun	السَّنْدَرُ as-sandaru	سَنْدَرُ sandaru
accusative	سَنْدَرًا sandaran	السَّنْدَرَ as-sandara	سَنْدَرَ sandara
genitive	سَنْدَرٍ sandarin	السَّنْدَرِ as-sandari	سَنْدَرِ sandari

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi سندر (sndr /⁠sundar⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊn.d̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: سُن‧دَر

Adjective

سُنْدَر • (sundar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सुंदर)

1. beautiful

   Synonym: خُوبْصُورَت (xūbsūrat)

2. handsome
3. graceful