Source etymology 2
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe Mediterranean island of Crete.
From Venetan and Latin Candia, from Ancient Greek Χάνδαξ (Khándax) or Χάνδακας (Khándakas), from Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق (rabḍ al-ḵandaq) (in particular Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq), borrowed from Middle Persian *handag (whence Classical Persian هندک (handak, “moat”))), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.
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- Derivation mentionCandiala
- Derivation mentionΧάνδαξgrc
- Derivation mentionرَبْض الخَنْدَقar
- Derivation mentionخَنْدَقar
- Derivation mention*handagpal
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