anjan

English

Anjan tree (Hardwickia binata)

Noun

anjan (countable and uncountable, plural anjans)

1. A hardwood tree (Hardwickia binata) native to dry regions of the Indian subcontinent.
   • 2000, Subhadra Menon, Pallava Bagla, Aruna Ghose, Trees of India, page 78:

     The anjan tree is found in isolated patches in dry areas of the subcontinent and is the source of one of India's most durable timbers.

   • 2000, A.K. Bisaria, R. Tiwari, “Non Timber Produce of Anjan (Hardwickia binata)”, in Multipurpose Tree Species:

     The present paper addresses the non-timber produce of anjan (Hardwickia binata).

   • 2007, Sunil Puri, Agroforestry: Systems and Practices, page 167:

     The anjan plantation was intercropped with clusterbean, cowpea, greengram and sesamum during kharif season of each year of study i.e. 2001-02 to 2003-04.

2. The wood obtained from this tree.
   • 1997, Journal of Tree Sciences - Volumes 16-21, page 29:

     ...yields extremely hard, heavy and durable timber (trade name-anjan) that is used in a variety of ways locally.

   • 1999, Annals of Forestry - Volumes 7-8, page 71:

     H. binata yields an extremely hard, very heavy (specific gravity 1.08; weight 69 lb/cft) and durable timber known in trade as Anjan.

Anagrams

• jnana, nanja, Janna

Indonesian

Etymology

From Belitung Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamprah]

Noun

anjan (first-person possessive anjanku, second-person possessive anjanmu, third-person possessive anjannya)

1. stairs whose footing is in the form of pieces of wood or bamboo arranged in a row and crosswise

Further reading

• “anjan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.