Where does “قندي” come from?
قندي (Arabic) comes from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
قندي (Arabic): a Pashtun
Ancestry of “قندي”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 2 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 3 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |