different between hangi vs handi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori h?ngi.

Noun

hangi (countable and uncountable, plural hangis or hangi)

1. (New Zealand) A traditional M?ori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.
2. (New Zealand, uncountable) Food cooked in this way.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ghani, Hagin, ahing, anigh, ghani

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (hangi), ????? (hangi, “which”), from older ????? (kang?), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kank?, “which”), from Proto-Turkic [Term?], a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-. Ultimately cognate to Turkish hani (“where”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (kanu, “what, which”), Karakhanid [script needed] (kay?, “what, which”), Bashkir ????? (qayhï, “which”), Kyrgyz ??? (kay, “what, which”), but its relation to the original word is obscure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha??i/

Pronoun

hangi

1. (interrogative) which

Declension

Usage notes

• Note: Declension of the singular form requires hangi-si, which literally translates to “which one, which of”.

Derived terms

• hangisi
• herhangi

Related terms

• hani
• kanca (“whithersoever, whither”)

References

English

Etymology

Urdu ?????? / Hindi ????? (h????)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??ndi/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /??????i/

Noun

handi (plural handis)

1. A deep, narrow-mouthed vessel used in north Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cooking.

Anagrams

• Dinah, ahind

Basque

Alternative forms

• haundi (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *haundi. Sometimes compared to Latin grandis.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

handi (comparative handiago, superlative handien, excessive handiegi)

1. big, large

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

handi f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of hand