ܩܝܢܕܪܐ [?] qyndrʾ a tree from which bird-lime is made
PS 3004 f. claims that the Syr. term, explained by the lexicographers (BB, BA) as corresponding to Arab. saǧarat al-baqq "the elm tree", is of uncertain etymon. The Iranian origin of this term is suggested by LS; cf. the two different but homograph words recorded in Steingass, namely NP kundur frankincense, a kind of juniper gum used for medicinal purposes (Steingass 1053 f.) and NP kundur, kundūr mastic, incense (ibid. 1053 f.; Lazard 1990, 342), MP kundur [kwndl] frankincense (CPD 52). MP, NP kundur seems connected with Indo-Ir. kunda- resin of the Boswellia thurifera (Mayrhofer EWA 3, 106); see also the OP place-name Kunduruš, lit. "the city of incense" (Wüst 1966, 59 ff.). However, it is not sure that Syr. qyndrʾ comes from MP, NP kundur, especially in view of the Syr. -y-, which hardly may correspond to Ir. /-u-/ (but see § 11.3.6, where some similar cases are listed). See also s.v. qndrwg ● BB 1775u; cf. Löw 267 ◆ PS 3004 f.; LS 676a