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| − | Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is ''Cedrus deodara'', a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''deodār'', | + | Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is ''Cedrus deodara'', a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार ''deodār'' or ''devdaar'', through Medieval Hindi देवदारु ''devdāru'', ultimately from Sanskrit देवदारु ''devadāru'', 'divine tree' (Latin ''cedrus'' meaning 'cedar'). In Nepali it is pronounced ''dēvdār''. [Erick Tsiknopoulos] |
[[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:tha]] | [[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:tha]] | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 23 January 2021
blood-like sap of thang shing [IW]
cedar used medicinally [JV]
Himalayan cedar, deodar/devdar/devadar/devadaru cedar, red cedar, blood-red cedar, "plains-blood cedar". Its scientific name is Cedrus deodara, a combined Latin/Sanskrit etymology which comes from colloquial Hindustani देओदार deodār or devdaar, through Medieval Hindi देवदारु devdāru, ultimately from Sanskrit देवदारु devadāru, 'divine tree' (Latin cedrus meaning 'cedar'). In Nepali it is pronounced dēvdār. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]