sandalwood

See also: Sandalwood

English

, a sandalwood

Etymology

sandal +‎ wood

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsandəlwʊd/

Noun

sandalwood (countable and uncountable, plural sandalwoods)

1. Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in 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.

Derived terms

• Indian sandalwood
• Sandalwood

Translations

any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum

• Arabic: صَنْدَل (ṣandal)
• Armenian: ճանդան (hy) (čandan)
• Catalan: sàndal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檀木 (tánmù)

• Czech: santal m
• Dutch: sandelhout (nl)
• Estonian: sandlipuu
• Finnish: santelipuu (fi)
• French: santal (fr) m
• German: Sandelholz n, Santelholz, Santalholz
• Greek: σανταλόξυλο (el) n (santalóxylo)
• Hawaiian: ʻiliahi
• Hebrew: אלמוג (he) (Almog)
• Hindi: चन्दन (hi) m (candan), सन्दल (hi) m (sandal), संदल (hi) m (sandal)
• Indonesian: cendana (id)
• Japanese: 香木 (ja) (こうぼく, kōboku)
• Lao: ຈັນ (can)
• Maori: tāiko, maire taiki
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• Polish: sandałowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: sândalo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਚੰਦਨ (candan)
• Romanian: santal (ro) m
• Russian: санда́ловое де́рево n (sandálovoje dérevo), санда́л (ru) m (sandál), чефра́с m (čefrás)
• Sanskrit: चन्दन (sa) m (candana)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сандаловина f

  Roman: sandalovina (sh) f

• Slovene: sandalovina (sl) f
• Spanish: sándalo m
• Swahili: msanduku
• Swedish: sandel
• Tagalog: apalit
• Thai: จันทน์ (jan)
• Urdu: چندن m (ćandan), صندل m (sandal)

the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum

• Arabic: صَنْدَل (ṣandal)
• Armenian: ճանդան (hy) (čandan)
• Catalan: sàndal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檀香 (zh) (tánxiāng)

• Czech: santal m
• Dutch: sandelhout (nl)
• Estonian: sandlipuu
• Finnish: santelipuu (fi)
• French: santal (fr) m, bois de santal m
• German: Sandelholz n, Santelholz, Santalholz
• Greek: σανταλόξυλο (el) n (santalóxylo)
• Hawaiian: ʻiliahi
• Hebrew: אלמוג (he) (Almog)
• Hindi: चन्दन (hi) m (candan), सन्दल (hi) m (sandal)
• Indonesian: cendana (id)
• Lao: ຈັນ (can)
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• Maori: maire taiki, tāiko
• Portuguese: sândalo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਚੰਦਨ (candan)
• Romanian: santal (ro) m
• Sanskrit: चन्दन (sa) m (candana)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сандаловина f

  Roman: sandalovina (sh) f

• Slovene: sandalovina (sl) f
• Spanish: sándalo m
• Swahili: msanduku
• Swedish: sandel
• Thai: จันทน์ (jan)
• Tibetan: ཙན་དན (tsan dan)
• Urdu: چندن m (ćandan), صندل m (sandal)