sandalwood

See also: Sandalwood

English

Santalum paniculatum, a sandalwood

Etymology

sandal +‎ wood

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsandəlwʊd/

Noun

sandalwood (countable and uncountable, plural sandalwoods)

Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

Derived terms

Indian sandalwood
Sandalwood

Translations

any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum

Armenian: ճանդան (hy) (čandan)
Catalan: sàndal (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 檀木 (tánmù)
Czech: santal m
Finnish: santelipuu (fi)
French: santal (fr) m
German: Sandelholz n
Greek: σανταλόξυλο (el) n (santalóxylo)
Hawaiian: ʻiliahi

Japanese: 香木 (ja) (こうぼく, kōboku)
Maori: taiko, maire taiki
Polish: sandałowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: sândalo (pt) m
Romanian: santal (ro) m
Russian: санда́ловое де́рево n (sandálovoje dérevo), санда́л (ru) m (sandál), чефра́с m (čefrás)
Spanish: sándalo m
Tagalog: apalit
Thai: จันทน์ (jan)

the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum

Armenian: ճանդան (hy) (čandan)
Catalan: sàndal (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 檀香 (zh) (tánxiāng)
Czech: santal m
Finnish: santelipuu (fi)
French: santal (fr) m, bois de santal m
German: Sandelholz n

Greek: σανταλόξυλο (el) n (santalóxylo)
Hawaiian: ʻiliahi
Maori: maire taiki
Portuguese: sândalo (pt) m
Romanian: santal (ro) m
Spanish: sándalo m
Thai: จันทน์ (jan)
Tibetan: ཙན་དན (tsan dan)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} صَنْدَل‎ (ṣandal)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} sandelhout (nl)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sandlipuu
French: ^{(please verify)} santal (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Sandelholz, ^{(please verify)} Santelholz, ^{(please verify)} Santalholz
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אלמוג‎ (he) (Almog)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} चन्दन (hi) m (ćandan), ^{(please verify)} सन्दल (hi) m (sandal)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} cendana (id)
Lao: ^{(please verify)} ຈັນ (can)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} صندل‎ (fa) (sandal), ^{(please verify)} چندن‎ (fa) (čandan)
Punjabi: ^{(please verify)} ਚੰਦਨ (chandan)

Samoan: please add this translation if you can
Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} चन्दन (sa) m (ćandana)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} сандаловина f
Roman: ^{(please verify)} sandalovina (sh) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} sandalovina (sl) f
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} msanduku
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sandel
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} چندن‎ m (ćandan), ^{(please verify)} صندل‎ m (sandal)