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)

oil lamp
(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

Related terms

Beraat Kandili
Kadir Gecesi
Mevlit Kandili
Miraç Kandili
Regaip Kandili