Etymology

saran

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Today it means: A plastic resin used to make packaging films. Full definition →

Polish Saran ← Serbo-Croatian Šaran ← Hindi शरण
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saran · noun1

From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride).

Saran · proper noun2

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromशरण
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromŠaran
  3. Polish · borrowed fromSaran
  4. English todaySaran

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Saran or Serbo-Croatian Šaran. * Borrowed from Hindi शरण (śaraṇ).

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