kendi
See also: k'enɗi
English
Noun
kendi (plural kendis or kendi)
- 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.
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”).
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”).
Adverb
kendi
- of one's own
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