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