suntn.

Brit.

/sʌnt/, U.S.

/sənt/

Forms: 1800s–1900s sont, 1800s– sant, 1800s– sunt.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic sanṭ, ṣanṭ.

Etymology: < Arabic sanṭ (also ṣanṭ), collective noun < Coptic šonte , šanti , etc. < ancient Egyptian šnḏt , šntt thorn tree. Compare earlier shittah n., shittim n.Not fully naturalized in English.

An acacia tree native to North Africa and parts of Asia, Acacia nilotica, which is used as a source of gum arabic and of timber; also called babul. Also: the wood of this tree. Frequently attributive, esp. in sunt tree.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > acacia

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a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Nubia (1819) 69 The tree most frequently seen on the banks of the stream is the Sant, or acacia.

1820 G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia iii. 304 We were seated under a dry sunt tree, at a little distance from a small well.

1883 C. R. Conder & H. H. Kitchener Surv. Western Palestine III. 139 A man who lit a single branch of sunt (acacia), cooked his food for three successive days by it.

1918 Near East 13 Dec. 1004/2 There were specimens of ‘sant’ wood beautifully grained and polished.

1969 D. Johnson-Davies tr. T. Salih in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 91 Do you see all those date palms? And those trees—sant, acacia, and sayal? All this fell into Masood's lap, was inherited by him from his father.

2004 C. Katz Growing up Global ii. 27 The tall, sturdy center posts in most village houses were doleib (Borassus aethiopicum) or sunt (Acacia arabica), trees that by all accounts were abundant in the vicinity of the village.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunt
释义	suntn. Brit. /sʌnt/, U.S. /sənt/ Forms: 1800s–1900s sont, 1800s– sant, 1800s– sunt. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic sanṭ, ṣanṭ. Etymology: < Arabic sanṭ (also ṣanṭ), collective noun < Coptic šonte , šanti , etc. < ancient Egyptian šnḏt , šntt thorn tree. Compare earlier shittah n., shittim n.Not fully naturalized in English. An acacia tree native to North Africa and parts of Asia, Acacia nilotica, which is used as a source of gum arabic and of timber; also called babul. Also: the wood of this tree. Frequently attributive, esp. in sunt tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > acacia shittim1560 sunta1817 a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Nubia (1819) 69 The tree most frequently seen on the banks of the stream is the Sant, or acacia. 1820 G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia iii. 304 We were seated under a dry sunt tree, at a little distance from a small well. 1883 C. R. Conder & H. H. Kitchener Surv. Western Palestine III. 139 A man who lit a single branch of sunt (acacia), cooked his food for three successive days by it. 1918 Near East 13 Dec. 1004/2 There were specimens of ‘sant’ wood beautifully grained and polished. 1969 D. Johnson-Davies tr. T. Salih in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 91 Do you see all those date palms? And those trees—sant, acacia, and sayal? All this fell into Masood's lap, was inherited by him from his father. 2004 C. Katz Growing up Global ii. 27 The tall, sturdy center posts in most village houses were doleib (Borassus aethiopicum) or sunt (Acacia arabica), trees that by all accounts were abundant in the vicinity of the village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1817
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