سنديان

Semantically from Aramaic סדיין (seḏyān, “type of oak”), cognates with Classical Syriac ܣܕܝܢܐ (seḏyānā), Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒅔𒁕𒀀 (sindu, “a tree”); from the Semitic root س ن د (s-n-d) meaning “to stay”, “to prop up”, “to set up pieces of wood for reinforcement”. Connected to the wood’s common use in construction and sturdiness; compare סדנא (saddānā, “foundation; the trunk or base of a tree”), Hebrew סַד (sad, “torture stocks; a place for securing prisoners”). Uncertain connections to Persian سندیان (sendiyân, “type of oak”), perhaps related to Middle Persian [script needed] (cytn' /⁠cidān⁠/, “to gather, to pile up”) as in the collecting of wood.

سِنْدِيَان • (sindiyān) m

1. oak, holm oak

• “sdyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 621–630