Ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra). Cognate to Sinhalese හඳ (haⁿda).
- IPA(key): /s̺ə.ⁿd̪u/, [s̺ə.ⁿd̪u]
- Hyphenation: ސަ‧ނދު
ސަނދު • (saⁿdu)
- (archaic) moon
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަނދު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 214