Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kandy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: kandy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of candy (Indian unit of mass)

name

A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Example Sentences

"‘Something will always fall on your head,’ you say. ‘I’ve worked on construction sites in Kandy,’ she says. ‘You don’t need to tell me that.’"

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: கண்டி, खण्ड, Candea, කන්ද උඩරට, කන්ද

Inflected Forms

kandies (plural)

Derived Forms

Kandyan

Questions

What does kandy mean?: Alternative form of candy (Indian unit of mass)
Where does kandy come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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