sundrin.

Brit.

/ˈsʊndri/, U.S.

/ˈsʊndri/

Forms:

α. 1700s–1800s soondry, 1800s soondree, 1800s sun-dry, 1800s–1900s soondri, 1800s– sundri, 1900s soondrie, 1900s– sundari.

β. 1800s sundra, 1800s–1900s sunder.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sundarī.

Etymology: < Sanskrit sundarī, use as noun of the feminine of sundara beautiful, handsome, variant of (earlier) sūnara handsome (probably with an unattested original sense ‘capable’; cognate with Avestan hunara skill, Old Persian hūnara , written u-va-na-ra ), ultimately < the Indo-European base of su- good (see eu- comb. form) + the Indo-European base of nṛ man, hero (see andro- comb. form).

Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Heritiera (family Malvaceae) which grow abundantly in India and yield a hard and durable timber; esp. H. fomes and H. littoralis. Also: the wood of such a tree. Frequently attributive.

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1799 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 4 403 The most common are the poon, dammer, and oil-trees..; soondry, chingry, and bindy.

1809 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 6 ii. 382 Hence they would all float in water except the Soondry.

1810 Lady's Mag. June 271/2 It [sc. a pile of wood for a suttee]..consisted merely of some long billets of chopped sun-dry wood.

1881 R. C. Sterndale Munic. Work India xix. 212 The ordinary dwellings of the poorer classes of Bengal are constructed chiefly of bamboo framework with timber posts, either sâl-wood (Shorea robusta), soondri (Heritiera littoralis), or goran.

1891 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 117 7192 It [sc. Heritiera littoralis] has the peculiarity of sending up tough shoots like tent-pegs from the roots all round the parent plant, that render walking through a Sundri forest very trying.

1907 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 252/1 The dying and stag-headed sundri puts out branches covered with fungi.

1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children iii. 353 He [sc. the buddha] had taken to sitting cross-legged under a sundri-tree.

2012 C. Colopy Dirty, Sacred Rivers 358 The hallmark tree of the forest, the Sundari, has shown signs of stress for many years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sundri
释义	sundrin. Brit. /ˈsʊndri/, U.S. /ˈsʊndri/ Forms: α. 1700s–1800s soondry, 1800s soondree, 1800s sun-dry, 1800s–1900s soondri, 1800s– sundri, 1900s soondrie, 1900s– sundari. β. 1800s sundra, 1800s–1900s sunder. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sundarī. Etymology: < Sanskrit sundarī, use as noun of the feminine of sundara beautiful, handsome, variant of (earlier) sūnara handsome (probably with an unattested original sense ‘capable’; cognate with Avestan hunara skill, Old Persian hūnara , written u-va-na-ra ), ultimately < the Indo-European base of su- good (see eu- comb. form) + the Indo-European base of nṛ man, hero (see andro- comb. form). Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Heritiera (family Malvaceae) which grow abundantly in India and yield a hard and durable timber; esp. H. fomes and H. littoralis. Also: the wood of such a tree. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian mahua1610 jambee1704 hinoki1727 sugi1727 meranti1783 merbau1783 sal1789 sundri1799 calamander1804 sissoo1810 toon1810 looking-glass tree1822 East India mahogany1829 pyinkado1832 dhamnoo1834 haldu1836 jelutong1836 zelkova1836 cryptomeria1838 kempas1839 shisham1849 jarul1850 Japan cedar1852 mast tree1862 keyaki1863 petwood1866 alstonia1867 Malacca cane1874 Japanese cedar1880 mowra1883 seraya1893 o-matsu1916 dhaman1923 sepetir1927 kapur1935 mengkulang1940 ramin1953 1799 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 4 403 The most common are the poon, dammer, and oil-trees..; soondry, chingry, and bindy. 1809 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 6 ii. 382 Hence they would all float in water except the Soondry. 1810 Lady's Mag. June 271/2 It [sc. a pile of wood for a suttee]..consisted merely of some long billets of chopped sun-dry wood. 1881 R. C. Sterndale Munic. Work India xix. 212 The ordinary dwellings of the poorer classes of Bengal are constructed chiefly of bamboo framework with timber posts, either sâl-wood (Shorea robusta), soondri (Heritiera littoralis), or goran. 1891 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 117 7192 It [sc. Heritiera littoralis] has the peculiarity of sending up tough shoots like tent-pegs from the roots all round the parent plant, that render walking through a Sundri forest very trying. 1907 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 252/1 The dying and stag-headed sundri puts out branches covered with fungi. 1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children iii. 353 He [sc. the buddha] had taken to sitting cross-legged under a sundri-tree. 2012 C. Colopy Dirty, Sacred Rivers 358 The hallmark tree of the forest, the Sundari, has shown signs of stress for many years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
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