kandil

Inherited from Malay kandil (قنديل), from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl) or Classical Persian قندیل (qandīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“a candle”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.dɪl/
• Rhymes: -dɪl
• Hyphenation: kan‧dil

kandil (plural kandil-kandil, first-person possessive kandilku, second-person possessive kandilmu, third-person possessive kandilnya)

1. candle

   Synonym: lilin

2. lamp

   Synonyms: lampu, pelita

• “kandil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“a candle”), from Latin candeō (“I am white, bright, shining”), from Proto-Indo-European *kand- (“to shine, glow”).

kandil (definite accusative kandili, plural kandiller)

1. oil lamp
2. (religion, Islam) A special night in Islam.