mandi
English
    
    
Noun
    
mandi (uncountable)
Etymology 2
    
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مندي (“a Yemeni dish of spiced meat and rice”), itself from the Arabic word ندى (nada), meaning "dew", reflecting the moist ('dewy') texture of the meat.
Noun
    
mandi (plural mandis)
- (Middle East, Arabia, especially Yemen) A traditional Yemeni culinary dish of spiced meat and rice cooked in a pit. Now a popular staple in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula, it originates from Hadhramaut.
Indonesian
    
    
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈman.di/
- Rhymes: -andi
- Hyphenation: màn‧di
Verb
    
mandi
- inflection of mandare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
 
Latin
    
    
Malay
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [mänˈdi]
- Rhymes: -di
- Rhymes: -i
Derived terms
    
- bermandi
- mandi kerbau (“water buffalo bath, to improperly take a bath”)
- mandi safar (“an archaic ritual influenced by Hindu customs”)
- tab mandi (“bathtub”)
Descendants
    
- English: mandi
Further reading
    
- “mandi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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