қант

See also: кант

Kazakh

Cyrillic қант (qant)
Arabic قانت‎
Latin

Etymology

From Persian قند‎ (qand, “sugar cube”), from Arabic قَنْد‎ (qand), from Persian کند‎ (kand), ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “candied sugar”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

Noun

қант • (qant)

  1. sugar

Synonyms

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