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Qandil name meaning

“lamp”

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
Q
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Qandil

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Meaning lightArabic origin

Qandil is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'lamp'.

What does Qandil mean?

Lamp

In Malay: pelita; lampu

Sources (1)

About the name Qandil

Qandil comes from the Arabic word qindil or qandil, meaning a lamp. The Arabic word was borrowed from Syriac, which took it from Greek; Latin candela is related.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesQan-dil
Arabic scriptقنديل

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: قنديل · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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