Definition
The chinaberry or pride-of-India tree, a tropical ornamental tree with fragrant purple flowers and yellow berries.
Etymology
From Arabic 'al-azar' via Persian, this word traveled into European languages through botanical texts describing Middle Eastern and Asian trees; it's related to 'azarole' and other Arabized tree names.
Kelly Says
The azedarac tree was brought to the American South in colonial times as an ornamental, where it thrived so well it became invasive—a perfect example of how 'exotic' plants from one region can become ecological problems when transplanted.
Translations
ARالعربية
أزدارك
a-zidar-ak
BNবাংলা
আজেদারক
a-je-da-rak
CACatalà
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
CSČeština
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
DADansk
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
DEDeutsch
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
ELΕλληνικά
Αζεδαράκ
a-zed-a-rak
ESEspañol
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
FAفارسی
آزاداراک
a-za-da-rak
FISuomi
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
FRFrançais
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
HAHA
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
HEעברית
אזהדarak
a-zed-a-rak
HIहिन्दी
अज़ेदारक
a-ze-da-rak
HUMagyar
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
IDBahasa Indonesia
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
IGIG
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
ITItaliano
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
JA日本語
アゼダラク
a-ze-da-ra-ku
KKKK
Азедарак
a-zed-a-rak
KMKM
អាសេដារ៉ាក
a-se-da-rak
MSBahasa Melayu
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
MYမြန်မာ
အဇေဒါရက်
a-ze-da-ra-ket
NLNederlands
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
NONorsk
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
PLPolski
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
PTPortuguês
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
RORomână
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
RUРусский
азедарак
a-zed-a-rak
SVSvenska
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
SWKiswahili
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
TAதமிழ்
அஜெதாரக்
a-je-tha-rak
TEతెలుగు
అజెదారక్
a-je-da-rak
THไทย
อาเซดารัค
a-sed-a-rak
TLTL
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
TRTürkçe
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
UKУкраїнська
азедарак
a-zed-a-rak
URاردو
اَزِدَارَک
a-zi-da-rak
VITiếng Việt
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
YOYO
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak
ZUZU
azedarac
a-zed-a-rak