kandili

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl),[1] possibly via Portuguese candil.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kandili class IX (plural kandili class X)

  1. lantern

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253 Nr. 2345
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 139 Nr. 247

Turkish

Noun

kandili

  1. accusative singular of kandil
  2. third-person singular possessive of kandil
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