English

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Synonyms

• karmelitos, dulse

Turkish

Alternative forms

• gendi, gendü (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كندو ‎(kendi/kendü, “one's self”), from Old Anatolian Turkish kendü, from Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 ‎(kentü), from Proto-Turkic *gẹntü, *kẹntü ‎(“self, himself”).^[1]

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

References

1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*gẹntü (-nd-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill