चन्द्र
Sanskrit
adjective
Definitions
- glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water and of soma)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)ćandrás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (shine, glow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kand-
Gloss
shine, glow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- candrabindu English
- accendo Latin
- candefacio Latin
- candela Latin
- candeo Latin
- candesco Latin
- candeō Latin
- candidus Latin
- candifico Latin
- candor Latin
- candēla Latin
- cicindela Latin
- candeggiare Italian
- Σανδρόκοττος Ancient Greek
- κάνδαρος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kand- Proto-Indo-European
- *kand- Proto-Indo-European
- *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- गुप्त Sanskrit
- चन्द् Sanskrit
- चन्द्रगुप्त Sanskrit
- चन्द्रबिन्दु Sanskrit
- चन्द्रमस् Sanskrit
- नष्टचन्द्र Sanskrit
- बिन्दु Sanskrit
- मस् Sanskrit
- श्चन्द्र Sanskrit
- চন্দ্ৰ, चन्द्र Sanskrit
- شمندر Arabic
- चंदा Hindi
- चंद्र Hindi
- चंद्रगुप्त Hindi
- चंद्रबिंदु Hindi
- चाँद Hindi
- चाँदनी Hindi
- चांद Hindi
- จันทร์ Thai
- candra Indonesian
- cendera Indonesian
- cenderawasih Indonesian
- can Welsh
- cannu Welsh
- խանդ Old Armenian
- խանդակաթ Old Armenian
- cendera Malay
- စန္ဒာ Burmese
- စန္ဒြ Burmese
- စန္ဒြမာသ Burmese
- စန္ဒြာ Burmese
- မာသ Burmese
- hënë Albanian
- شماندره Ottoman Turkish
- চাঁদ Assamese
- চান Assamese
- চান্দ Assamese
- canda Pali
- māsa Pali
- ચાંદરણી Gujarati
- *(s)čandrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kandēō Proto-Italic
- चन्द्र Marathi
- ចន្ទ Central Khmer
- ព្រះចន្ទ្រ Central Khmer
- ព្រះច័ន្ទ Central Khmer
- *(s)ćandrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- চাঁদ Bengali
- چاند Urdu
- 𑀘𑀁𑀤 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀘𑀁𑀤𑀺𑀡 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *kʰandnā Proto-Albanian
- சந்திரன் Tamil
- ຈັນ Lao
- candra Javanese
- ಚಂದ್ರ Kannada
- चन्द्र Konkani
- চান্দ Old Assamese
- चन्द्र Nepali
- candera ms-cla
- चांद Rajasthani
- ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର Oriya
- ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବିନ୍ଦୁ Oriya
- සඳ Sinhala, Sinhalese
- හඳ Sinhala, Sinhalese
- ހަނދު Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- چنڊ Sindhi
- 𑄌𑄚𑄴 Chakma
- চান Hajong