चाँदनी چاندنی ♣ Eng. candle, candidate
[cā̃dnī], f. moonlight.
[◀MIA: Pk. caṁdiṇa- n. ‘moonlight’ ◀OIA *cāndraṇa- m. ‘moonlight’ <candrá- ‘shining’ RV., m. ‘moon’ VS. <√cand ‘shine’ ◀PIE *kand-, skand-, (s)kend- ‘to glow; bright’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. candle, candidate ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0419; (Turner, 1966) 4745, 4661, p.252; (MW, 1899) 0388, 0386; (Pokorny, 1959) 0526; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.529, 1.528
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