Etymology

kandy

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Today it means: A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka. Full definition →

Tamil கண்டி ← Sinhalese [Term?] ← Sanskrit खण्ड
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The story

  1. Sinhalese · derived fromකන්ද“a mountain”
  2. Sinhalese · derived fromකන්ද උඩරට“land on the mountain”
  3. Portuguese · derived fromCandea
  4. Sanskrit · derived fromखण्ड
  5. Sinhalese · derived from[Term?]
  6. Tamil · borrowed fromகண்டி
  7. English todayKandy

From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa); or possibly from Portuguese Candea, Sinhalese කන්ද උඩරට (kanda uḍaraṭa, “land on the mountain”), ultimately from Sinhalese කන්ද (kanda, “a mountain”).

Words from the same roots

Tamilகண்டி all →

candyCandia

Sanskritखण्ड all →

candyCandia

PortugueseCandea all →

candyCandia

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