қант

Kazakh

regional
Definitions
  • sugar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قند (sugar, sugar cube) derived from Arabic 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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