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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: Chinese boxing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A desert reptile, Saara hardwickii, a type of spiny-tailed lizard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A man who is congenitally impotent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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noun
A white calico shroud used in East Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of sandarac.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A traditional music style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, uncountable
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History
From Mandarin 散打 (sǎndǎ).
Borrowed from Hindi सांडा (sāṇḍā).
Ultimately from Sanskrit षण्ढ (ṣaṇḍha, “eunuch, hermaphrodite”), which is often conflated with साण्ड (sāṇḍa, “bull”) in New Indo-Aryan languages due to sound change.
Etymology tree Arabic سَنْد (sand)bor. Swahili sandabor. English sanda Borrowed from Swahili sanda, borrowed from Arabic سَنْد (sand).
Borrowed from Malay sanda.
