گیدی

Persian

Alternative forms

• کیدی (kidi), کادی (kâdi)
• کدر (perhaps misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gytyk /⁠gēdīg⁠/) (attested in Husraw ī Kawādān ud rēdag-ē), probably from Sanskrit केतक (ketaka).

Noun

گیدی • (gidi)

1. (obsolete) screw pine, Pandanus

   گل گیدی

   gol-e gidi

   pandanus flower

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَاذِيّ (kāḏiyy)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كاذی (kazi)