Etymology

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Today it means: An oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis). Full definition →

Hindustani ← Hindi चिनार ← Urdu چِنَار
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The story

  1. Middle Persian · derived fromcynʾl
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromچِنَار“Platanus”
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromچِنَار
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromचिनार
  5. Hindustani · borrowed from
  6. English todaychinar

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/).

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