қант

See also: кант

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic قانت
Cyrillic қант
Latin qant

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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