گیدی

Persian

Alternative forms

  • کیدی (kidi), کادی (kâdi)
  • کدر (perhaps misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gytyk /⁠gēdīg⁠/) (attested in Husraw ī Kawādān ud rēdag-ē), probably from Sanskrit केतक (ketaka).

Noun

گیدی • (gidi)

  1. (obsolete) screw pine, Pandanus
    گل گیدی
    gol-e gidi
    pandanus flower
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: كَاذِيّ (kāḏiyy)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كاذی (kazi)
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