candil
English
editNoun
editcandil (plural candils)
- Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: can‧dil
Etymology 1
editFrom Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl). Cognate with Galician and Spanish candil and Turkish kandil.
Noun
editcandil m (plural candis)
- a small lantern
Etymology 2
editFrom Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).
Noun
editcandil m (plural candis)
- (historical) candy (unit of mass)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), ultimately of Latin origin. Doublet of candela.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcandil m (plural candiles)
- lamp
- Synonym: lámpara
- a fish of the family Holocentridae; a squirrelfish or soldierfish
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “candil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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