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单词 paandaan
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paandaann.

Brit. /ˈpɑːndɑːn/, U.S. /ˈpɑnˌdɑn/
Forms: 1700s paundaun, 1700s 1900s– paan-dan, 1800s paundam, 1800s– pandan, 1900s– paan daan, 1900s– paan-daan, 1900s– paandaan, 1900s– paan dan, 1900s– paan-dan, 1900s– paandan.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi pāndān.
Etymology: < Hindi pāndān < pān paan n. + Persian -dān container, holder (see zindan n.).
In South Asia: a small box, usually of decorated metal, used to hold paan or the ingredients for making paan.
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1775 in W. Hastings Rohilla War (?1788) 193 List of the following Jewels..from the Ranny..in the year 1180... Paundaun or Betle box with bason, 1.
1836 W. H. Sleeman Ramaseeana App. 324 A black and white coloured Jamakanah, a silk Paundam, (a purse to keep beetle-nuts in)..and 1 white Cumbly..were found upon the bodies.
1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Official Catal. 51 The articles shown include hookahs, pandans or betel-nut boxes.
1976 M. Jaffrey Invitation to Indian Cooking 334 A lot of the ‘Indian brass boxes’ sold in English shops are really the outside shells of panndaans.
1994 Hinduism Today (Nexis) 28 Feb. 24 The creation of a paan packet..has also developed its own array of elegant accouterments: Fabergé-like ornate boxes (called paandans) to hold paan ingredients, [etc.].
1999 Econ. Times (New Delhi) (Nexis) 31 Oct. Like outsized pillboxes, they are ideal for those Diwali must-gifts... They could double as paandaans or jewellery boxes!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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