Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian չինար (čʻinar), from Persian چنار (čenâr, čenâr).

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Noun edit

չինար (čʻinar)

  1. plane tree (Platanus), especially the oriental plane (Platanus orientalis)
    Synonym: սոսի (sosi)

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չինար (čʻinar) (superlative ամենաչինար)

  1. (figuratively) tall and slender (like a plane tree)

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “չընար”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 274
  2. ^ Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “չինար, չինարի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 411a