candil
English edit
Noun edit
candil (plural candils)
- Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: can‧dil
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl). Cognate with Galician and Spanish candil and Turkish kandil.
Noun edit
candil m (plural candis)
- a small lantern
Etymology 2 edit
From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).
Noun edit
candil m (plural candis)
- (historical) candy (unit of mass)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), ultimately of Latin origin. Doublet of candela.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
candil m (plural candiles)
- lamp
- Synonym: lámpara
- A fish of the family Holocentridae; a squirrelfish or soldierfish.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “candil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014