A handi. FromHindustani ہانڈی /हांडी ( hāṇḍī ) .
handi (plural handis )
A deep, narrow-mouthedvessel used in northIndian ,Pakistani andBengali cooking.
FromProto-Basque *(h)andi .[ 1] Sometimes compared toLatin grandis .[ 2] Most likely connected toIberian an ( “ big, great ” ) .
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IPA (key ) : ( Navarro-Lapurdian ) /handi/ [hãn̪.d̪i] IPA (key ) : ( Southern ) /andi/ [ãn̪.d̪i] Rhymes:-andi ,-i Hyphenation:han‧di handi (comparative handiago ,superlative handien ,excessive handiegi )
big ,large ^ R. L. Trask (2008 ), “handi”, inMax W. Wheeler , editor,Etymological Dictionary of Basque , University of Sussex,page94 ^ Vennemann, Theo (1998 ), “Etymology and phonotactics: Latingrandis vs. Basquehandi ‘big’ and similar problems”, inJournal of Indo-European Studies , volume26 , pages345–390 handi
where handi f
(non-standard since2012 )definite singular ofhand