# andor
## English
### Alternative forms

* andas, andola

### Etymology

From Portuguese andor, from Malayalam, from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola, “swinging cradle, hammock litter, dooly”). Compare dooly from Sanskrit दुल् (dul) via Hindi.

### Noun

andor (plural andors)
* (India, historical) Synonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a pole or set of poles used as an open sedan chair.
** 1916 July, Henry Yule & al., "Padre Maestro Fray Seb. Manrique in Bengal (1628–Sept. 11, 1629)", Bengal Past & Present, Vol. XIII, No. 25, p. 32:
    P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."
* (India, archaic) Synonym of palanquin, used variously for nearly any kind of Indian litter.
** 1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson, s.v. "andor":
    1498. — "After two days had passed he... came to the factory in an andor [i.e. a chowpaul] which men carried on their shoulders, and these... consist of great canes which are bent overhead and arched, and from these are hung certain cloths of a half fathom wide, and a fathom and a half long, and at the ends are pieces of wood to bear the cloth which hangs from the cane; and laid over the cloth there is a great mattrass of the same size, and this all made of silk-stuff wrought with gold-thread, and with many decorations and fringes and tassels; whilst the ends of the cane are mounted with silver, all very gorgeous, and rich, like the lords who travel so." — Correa, i. 102.
** 1886, Henry Yule & al., Hobson-Jobson, s.v. "andor":
    1552. — "The Moors all were on foot, and their Captain was a valiant Turk, who as being their Captain, for the honour of the thing was carried in an Andor [i.e. a takhtrawan] on the shoulders of 4 men, from which he gave his orders as if he were on horseback." — Barros, II. vi. viii.
* (Portugal, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of litter, used in religious processions of saints' figurines.

#### References

* Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “andor”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

### Anagrams

* Ardon, Daron, rando, Andro, Ronda, radon, Norad, NORAD, Doran, andro, Drona, norad, Nador, Nardo, adorn, andro-

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Malayalam, from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola, “swinging cradle, hammock litter, dooly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈdo.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: an‧dor

### Noun

andor m (plural andores)
* (Roman Catholicism) A litter used to carry saints' figures, relics, etc. in religious processions
    Synonym: charola
** 2008, Flávio Rodrigo Freire Ferreira, A Cidade Em Festa, Clube de Autores, page 107:Várias pessoas ligadas à paróquia vieram aprontar a santa no seu andor, que é uma espécie de altar móvel, em que a santa é posta e carregada. Com muitas flores e galhos de folhas de samambaias, o andor foi decorado.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (India, historical) andor

#### Descendants

* English: andor

### Interjection

andor!
* out! (demanding that someone leave)
    Synonyms: fora, rua