chinar
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The chinar, or Oriental plane tree, has been cultivated in Persia from the earliest period; and Evelyn states that "a worthy knight, who staid at Ispahan when that famous city was infected with a raging pestilence, told" him "that, since they have planted a greater number of these noble treees about it, the plague has not come nigh their dwellings.""
- "The lakes, the gardens, the chinars golden in autumn, the Himalayas all around."
- "I too felt that the government has not made judicious use of its powers to curb the felling of chinars."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिनार (cinār) / Urdu چِنَار (cinār), in turn derived from Classical Persian چِنَار (činār, “Platanus”), ultimately derived from Middle Persian cynʾl (/činār/).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: चिनार, چِنَار, cynʾl