قند

Arabic

Etymology

From Apabhraṃśa / Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “scrap, broken piece”).

Noun

قَنْد • (qand) m (plural قُنُود (qunūd))

1. rock sugar (originally: the solidified sap of the sugarcane)

Declension

Declension of noun قَنْد (qand)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَنْد qand	الْقَنْد al-qand	قَنْد qand
Nominative	قَنْدٌ qandun	الْقَنْدُ al-qandu	قَنْدُ qandu
Accusative	قَنْدًا qandan	الْقَنْدَ al-qanda	قَنْدَ qanda
Genitive	قَنْدٍ qandin	الْقَنْدِ al-qandi	قَنْدِ qandi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَنْدَيْن qandayn	الْقَنْدَيْن al-qandayn	قَنْدَيْ qanday
Nominative	قَنْدَانِ qandāni	الْقَنْدَانِ al-qandāni	قَنْدَا qandā
Accusative	قَنْدَيْنِ qandayni	الْقَنْدَيْنِ al-qandayni	قَنْدَيْ qanday
Genitive	قَنْدَيْنِ qandayni	الْقَنْدَيْنِ al-qandayni	قَنْدَيْ qanday
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُنُود qunūd	الْقُنُود al-qunūd	قُنُود qunūd
Nominative	قُنُودٌ qunūdun	الْقُنُودُ al-qunūdu	قُنُودُ qunūdu
Accusative	قُنُودًا qunūdan	الْقُنُودَ al-qunūda	قُنُودَ qunūda
Genitive	قُنُودٍ qunūdin	الْقُنُودِ al-qunūdi	قُنُودِ qunūdi

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Gulf Arabic

چاي وقند (tea and sugar cube(s))

Etymology

From Persian قند (qand), from Classical Arabic قَنْد (qand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qənd/, (q-ʁ merger) /ʁənd/

Noun

قَنْد • (qand) m (collective, singulative قَنْدة (qanda), plural قَنْدات (qandāt))

1. sugar cube

Usage notes

The word can be used with حَبّة (ḥabba, “piece”) to indicate number of pieces, for example: حطلي حبتين قند بالچاي (ḥiṭli ḥabbitēn qand bič-čāy, “Put two pieces of sugar cube in the tea for me”). Alternatively, regular plural (and dual) can be used, eg: حطلي قندتين بالچاي (ḥiṭli qanditēn bič-čāy, “Put two sugar cubes in the tea for me”). Finally, the word can be used as is preceded by a number, ex: حطلي اثنين قند بالچاي (ḥiṭli aṯnēn qand bič-čāy, “Put two sugar cube in the tea for me”).

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَنْد (qand), displacing older کند (kand) or کاند (kānd)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qænd/
• IPA^(key): [ɢænd]

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Noun

قند • (qand) (plural قندها (qand-hâ))

1. sugar cube

Derived terms

• قندی (qandi)
• قندان (qandân)
• کله‌قند (kalle-qand)
• چغندر قند (čoğondar-e-qand)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: قند (qand)