Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

candi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads
See also: Candi and candì

Balinese

Balinese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ban

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese caṇḍi (temple, sanctuary).

Pronunciation

Noun

candi (Balinese script ᬘᬡ᭄ᬟᬶ)

  1. a pillar of stone or wood

Further reading

  • candi”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]
Remove ads

French

Etymology

16th c., from Italian candi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

candi (feminine candie, masculine plural candis, feminine plural candies)

  1. candied

Noun

candi m (plural candis)

  1. sugar candy
  2. (Louisiana, Cajun, Paroisse St.Martin) an exhausted man
  3. (Louisiana, Missouri) candy

Synonyms

  • sucre candi

Participle

candi (feminine candie, masculine plural candis, feminine plural candies)

  1. past participle of candir

Further reading

Remove ads

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ (candi), from Old Javanese caṇḍi (temple, sanctuary).

Pronunciation

Noun

candi (plural candi-candi)

  1. ancient temple (archeological site of former Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia)
    • 2007, Gabriel Sindhunata, Petruk jadi guru, page 177:
      Hikmah tersebut menghunjam dengan dalam ketika ritual telanjang itu sudah 11 kali mengelilingi candi.
      This wisdom sank deeply, when the naked ritual had circled the temple 11 times.

Derived terms

  • percandian
  • candi apit
  • candi bentar
  • candi induk
  • candi kelir
  • candi perwosa
  • candi pewara

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic قَنْدِيّ (qandiyy, candied), from قَنْد (qand, hard candy made by boiling cane sugar), from Persian کند (kand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.di/
  • Rhymes: -andi
  • Hyphenation: càn‧di

Adjective

candi (invariable) (archaic)

  1. candied, only used in zucchero candi

Derived terms

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

candi

  1. romanization of ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish candil, from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (candle).

Noun

candi

  1. lamp

References

  • Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44) (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 4
Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads