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ganda

Pronunciation: /ɡanˈda/

“ganda” is a Tagalog word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. beauty
  2. splendor
  3. fineness; excellence; fine quality (of someone's work, etc.)
  4. fineness; brightness (of weather)
  5. garlic chive; Chinese chive
  6. annual interest of a hundred percent on a loan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandhá, “aroma, fragrance”) with semantic shift, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- (“to smell”).

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