candi

See also: Candi and candì

Balinese

Romanization

candi

1. Romanization of ᬘᬡ᭄ᬟᬶ

French

Etymology

16th c., from Italian candi.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

candi (feminine candie, masculine plural candis, feminine plural candies)

1. candied

Noun

candi m (plural candis)

1. sugar candy
2. (Louisiana, Cajun, Paroisse St.Martin) an exhausted man

Synonyms

• sucre candi

Participle

candi (feminine candie, masculine plural candis, feminine plural candies)

1. past participle of candir

Further reading

• “candi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

FWOTD – 5 December 2015

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ (candi), from Old Javanese caṇḍi (“temple, sanctuary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːndi]
• Hyphenation: can‧di

Noun

candi (first-person possessive candiku, second-person possessive candimu, third-person possessive candinya)

1. ancient temple (archeological site of former Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia)
   • 2007, Gabriel Sindhunata, Petruk jadi guru, page 177:

     Hikmah tersebut menghunjam dengan dalam ketika ritual telanjang itu sudah 11 kali mengelilingi candi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• candi apit
• candi bentar
• candi induk
• candi kelir
• candi perwosa
• candi pewara
• percandian

 

Further reading

• “candi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic قَنْدِيّ (qandiyy, “candied”), from قَنْد (qand, “hard candy made by boiling cane sugar”), from Persian کند (kand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.di/
• Rhymes: -andi
• Hyphenation: càn‧di

Adjective

candi (invariable) (archaic)

1. candied, only used in zucchero candi

Derived terms

• candire
• candito

Anagrams

• D'Incà

Javanese

Romanization

candi

1. Romanization of ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶ

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish candil, from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“candle”).

Noun

candi

1. lamp

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 4