Ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra). Cognate to Sinhalese හඳ (haⁿda)
- IPA(key): /s̺ən̪.d̪u/, [s̺ən̪.d̪u]
- Hyphenation: ސަން‧ދު
ސަންދު • (san̊du)
- (archaic) moon
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަންދު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 217