English
Kandy
Kandy comes from Tamil கண்டி.
- Tamilmodernகண்டிkaṇṭi
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Kandy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Tamilmodernகண்டிkaṇṭi
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Kandy
Earliest quotation: 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: “‘Something will always fall on your head,’ you say.…”
Every English word from Tamil கண்டி
Today it means
name A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tamil கண்டி / Kandy