Where does “ཙན་དན” come from?

ཙན་དན (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit चन्दन, from Tamil சாந்து — Santalum tree.

ཙན་དན (Tibetan): sandalwood

Definitions

  1. sandalwood

Ancestry of “ཙན་དན”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचन्दनsandalwood
2Tamilசாந்துSantalum tree
Every word from Tamil சாந்து →Every word from Sanskrit चन्दन →