kendi

Cebuano

noun
Definitions
  • candy

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy derived from Old French sucre derived from Arabic قَنْدِيّ (candied), قَنْد (hard candy made by boiling cane sugar, rock candy) derived from Persian کند (candied sugar) derived from Sanskrit खण्ड (candied sugar, fragment, dried molasses, cut, slice, part, section, piece, broken piece, scrap, land, chip) derived from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu.

Origin

Proto-Dravidian

*kaṇṭu

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