kendi

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.

References

• Kendi in the Cultural Context of Southeast Asia

Anagrams

• deink, inked, kinde

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Noun

kendi

1. candy

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