ચંદન

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃən.d̪ən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

ચંદન • (candan) n

1. sandalwood (Santalum spp.)
2. sandalwood (the aromatic heartwood of these trees)

Synonyms

• (tree): ભદ્રશ્રય (bhadraśraya), ભદ્રશ્રી (bhadraśrī)
• (heartwood): ગંધસાર (gandhsār), મલયજ (malyaj)
• (tree, heartwood): સુખડ (sukhaḍ), પટીર (paṭīr)

Proper noun

ચંદન • (candan) m

1. a unisex given name, Chandan, from Sanskrit

Further reading

• “ચંદન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચંદન”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[1], Atmaram Sagun, page 197
• Framji, Ardesar (1862) “ચંદન”, in A Compendium of the English and Gujarati Dictionary‎^[2], page 402
• “ચંદન”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 654