ܟܰܢܕܽܘܪ [?] kndwr kandur a kind of cake
Duval index pers. 225, mentions NP kandūra, which, however, according to Steingass 1054, means "a large table; a linen or leathern cover for a table, a table-cloth"; PS 1764 records kndwrʾ NeoSyr. kandorā small green musk melon (but perhaps without connection with kndwr a kind of cake). Maggi (personal communication) suggests a possible connection with NP qand sugar, sugar-candy; Arab. qand hard crystalline mass formed by evaporating or boiling cane sugar, candy ● BB 942, 18 ◆ LS 333b: Pers.