kendi

See also: k'enɗi

English

Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Noun

kendi (plural kendis or kendi)

  1. A container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for pouring.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy, from Old French sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from Arabic قَنْدِيّ (qandiyy, candied), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, hard candy made by boiling cane sugar), from Persian کند (kand); ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, candied sugar), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, to divide, break into pieces), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, hard candy).

Noun

kendi

  1. candy

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Noun

kendi

  1. candy

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • gendi (colloquial)
  • gendü (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كندو (kendi/kendü, one's self), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kendü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (self, himself). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, self, own), Karakhanid كَنْدُو‎ (kendü, self, own).

Pronoun

kendi

  1. self, oneself
  2. own
  3. he, she, him, himself, herself

Adverb

kendi

  1. of one's own

Adjective

kendi (not comparable)

  1. respective, particular; own
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