قندیل

See also: قنديل‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْدِيل‎ (qindīl), ultimately from Latin candēla (“candle”).

Noun

قندیل or قندیل • (kandil or kındil) (plural قنادیل‎)

  1. lamp, especially an oil lamp hanging from the ceiling
    Synonyms: (oil lamp) چراغ‎ (çirag), سراج‎ (sirac), لامپه‎ (lampa), مصباح‎ (misbah)
  2. floating firework star, from a rocket or bomb
  3. (botany) hanging flower or glumaceous seed vessel
  4. floating soap bubble in the air

Derived terms

  • قندیلجی‎ (kandilci, “maker or seller of lamps”)
  • قندیللك‎ (kandillik, “arrangement for holding a lamp”)
  • قندیللو‎ (kandilli, “illuminated by a lamp”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kandil
  • → Albanian: kandil
  • → Armenian: խանտիլ (xantil), կանդիլ (kandil)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْدِيل‎ (qindīl)[1], see there for further information.

Noun

قندیل • (qandil) (plural قندیل‌ها‎ (qandil-hâ))

  1. (archaic) lamp
    Synonym: چراغ‎ (čerâğ)
  2. (archaic) torch
    Synonym: مشعل‎ (maš'al)
  3. (archaic) candlestick, candelabrum
    Synonyms: چراغدان‎ (čerâğdân), شمعدان‎ (šam’dân)
  4. icicle
    Synonyms: کلفخشنگ‎ (kalafaxšang), دنگاله‎ (dangâle), دنگداله‎ (dangdâle)

Descendants

  • → Baluchi: کندیل‎ (kandill)
  • → Gujarati: કંદીલ (kandīl)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ंदील (qandīl), क़िंदील (qindīl)
    Urdu: قندیل‎
  • → Kannada: ಕಂದೀಲು (kandīlu)
  • → Marathi: कंदील (kandīl)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਦੀਲ (kandīl)
    Shahmukhi script: قَندِیل‎ (qandīl)

References

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