Borrowed from Sanskrit चण्ड (caṇḍa).
ചണ്ടി • (caṇṭi)
- an obstinate or mischievous person
- a person or animal with bad habits
- Godavarma, K. (1946) “ചണ്ടി”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 22
- Kailash Nath (2019) “ചണ്ടി”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary