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‖ chenar|tʃiːnɑː(r)|
Also 7 chenawr, chinor, zinnar, 8 chinaur, 9 chinar.
[Pers. chinār.]
The Persian name of the Oriental Plane-tree; also, timber from this.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 136 (Y.) Broad-spreading Chenawrs. 1682Evelyn Diary 16 Sept., At Mr. Bohun's at Lee. He shewed me the Zinnar tree or platanus. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 259 (Y.) High Chinors, or Sicamores. 1815Moore Lalla R. (1862) 7 They seem Like a chenar-tree grove. 1879Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott iv. 324 Fine chenar trees. 1889Cent. Dict., Chinar. 1917Blackw. Mag. Sept. 414 The folds of the door are of solid steps of chinar. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. 79/2 The tall Chinar trees stood up dreamily. |