كندرة

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • قُنْدُرَة (qundura), قُنْدَرَة (qundara)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κονδοῦρα (kondoûra, cutter), originally referring to a kind of post-horse. For the word for “shoe” widespread in the dialects, it is supposedly only from Ottoman Turkish قوندورا (kundura) that it was acquired.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kun.du.ra/, /kun.da.ra/

Noun

كُنْدُرَة or كُنْدَرَة • (kundura or kundara) f (plural كَنَادِر (kanādir))

  1. (colloquial) (pair of) shoes
  2. a kind of boat by which one picks up a ship’s crew landing e.g. the Maldives
    • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, pages 119 lines 4–5:

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوندورا (kundura).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kun.da.ra/, [ˈkʊn.dɑ.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

كندرة • (kundara) f (plural كنادر (kanāder))

  1. (pair of) shoes
    Synonym: صرماية (ṣurmāye)
    فردة كندرةfardet kundaraa (single) shoe

Derived terms

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