# kendi
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

### Noun

kendi (plural kendis or kendi)
* A container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for pouring.

### References

* Kendi in the Cultural Context of Southeast Asia

### Anagrams

* deink, inked, kinde

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkendi/ [ˈken̪.d̪i]
* Hyphenation: ken‧di

### Noun

kéndi (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* candy
    Synonym: dulse

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ken‧di
* IPA: /ˈkendi/ [ˈkin̪.d̪ɪ]

### Noun

kéndi (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* candy
    Synonyms: karmelitos, dulse

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay kendi, from Classical Malay کندي (kĕndi), from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /kənˈdi/ [kənˈdi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ken‧di

### Noun

kêndi (plural kendi-kendi)
* jar, pitcher

### Further reading

* “kendi” 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.

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /kenˈdi/ [kɪɳˈɖi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ken‧di

### Noun

kendi
* kettle

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kənˈdi/ [kənˈdi]
* Rhymes: -di, -i
* Hyphenation: ken‧di

### Noun

kendi (Jawi spelling کندي, plural kendi-kendi, informal 1st possessive kendiku, 2nd possessive kendimu, 3rd possessive kendinya)
* earthenware jar; pitcher; water goglet

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kêndi
* → English: kendi
* → Maguindanao: kendi
* → Maranao: kendi'
* → Toba Batak: hondi, gondi

### Further reading

* “kendi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

### Noun

kendi'
* kettle
    Synonyms: kawa, kandiron

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* kinde, kindi

### Etymology

Borrowed from English candy, from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “scrap, broken piece, candied sugar, dried molasses”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkendi/ [ˈkɛn̪.d̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -endi
* Syllabification: ken‧di

### Noun

kendi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* candy

#### See also

* bonbon
* dulse

### Further reading

* “kendi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* gendi (colloquial)
* gendü (dialectal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, “one's self”), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (“self, himself”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, “self, own”), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, “self, own”), Yakut кини (kini).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cendi/, /cɛndi/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

kendi
* self, oneself
* own
* he, she, him, himself, herself

#### Declension

* first and third person singular and plural
* second and third person singular and plural
* * second and third person singular and plural alternative spelling

#### See also
### Adverb

kendi
* of one's own

### Adjective

kendi (not comparable)
* respective, particular; own