candi

See also: Candi and candì

French

Etymology

16th c,. from Italian candi.

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

Synonyms

• sucre candi

Verb

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

1. past participle of candir

Further reading

• “candi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

FWOTD – 5 December 2015

Etymology

From Malay candi or Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ (candhi)

• From Sanskrit चण्डिकागृह (caṇḍikāgṛha, “temple of Durgā”)
• From Pali cedi, from Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “funeral monument”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃandi]
• Hyphenation: can‧di

Noun

candi (first-person possessive candiku, second-person possessive candimu, third-person possessive candinya)

1. ancient temple (archeological site of former Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia)
   • 2007, Gabriel Sindhunata, Petruk jadi guru, p. 177:

     Hikmah tersebut menghunjam dengan dalam ketika ritual telanjang itu sudah 11 kali mengelilingi candi.

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “candi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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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/, [ˈkän̪d̪i]
• Rhymes: -andi

Adjective

candi (invariable) (archaic)

1. candied, only used in zucchero candi

Derived terms

• candire
• candito

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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish candil, from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from , 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)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 4