چنار

Ottoman Turkish

چنار

Alternative forms

• صنار (sınar) — from Arabic

Etymology

From Persian چنار (čenâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɯˈnaɾ/

Noun

چنار • (çınar)

1. oriental plane (Platanus orientalis)

Descendants

• Turkish: çınar
• → Albanian: çinar
• → Armenian: չընար (čʻənar)
• → Bulgarian: чина̀р (činàr)
• → Greek: τσινάρι (tsinári)
• → Macedonian: чинар (činar)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• چنال (čenâl), صنار (senâr) (rare)

Etymology

From Middle Persian cynʾl (činār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeˈnɒːɾ]

Noun

Dari	چنار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чинор

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
• Malayalam: ചിനാർ (cināṟ)
• Mingrelian: ჩინარი (činari)
• Russian: чинар (činar)
• Tatar: чинар (çinar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چنار (çınar), صنار (sınar) — from Arabic
  • Turkish: çınar
  • → Albanian: çinar
  • → Armenian: չընար (čʻənar)
  • → Bulgarian: чина̀р (činàr)
  • → Greek: τσινάρι (tsinári)
  • → Macedonian: чинар (činar)
• Uzbek: chinor
• Urdu: چنار (činar)

See also

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References

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