kandil

Turkish

Etymology

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

Compare with English candle or more so Spanish & Portuguese, candil & candil respectively.

Noun

kandil (definite accusative kandili, plural kandiller)

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

Declension
Inflection
Nominative kandil
Definite accusative kandili
Singular Plural
Nominative kandil kandiller
Definite accusative kandili kandilleri
Dative kandile kandillere
Locative kandilde kandillerde
Ablative kandilden kandillerden
Genitive kandilin kandillerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kandilim kandillerim
2nd singular kandilin kandillerin
3rd singular kandili kandilleri
1st plural kandilimiz kandillerimiz
2nd plural kandiliniz kandilleriniz
3rd plural kandilleri kandilleri
  • Beraat Kandili
  • Kadir Gecesi
  • Mevlit Kandili
  • Miraç Kandili
  • Regaip Kandili
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