"gandu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gandus [plural]
Etymology: From Hindustani گانڈو / गांडू (gāṇḍū). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani Head templates: {{en-noun}} gandu (plural gandus)
  1. (India, vulgar, slang) An arsehole, an idiot. Tags: India, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-gandu-en-noun-XvILlVQX Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 38 47
  2. (India, Pakistan, vulgar, slang, offensive) Someone who takes the passive role in anal sex. Tags: India, Pakistan, offensive, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-gandu-en-noun-DxNsDZLI Categories (other): Indian English, Pakistani English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 38 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goondu [English, Singapore, colloquial] Derived forms: librandu (english: Indian politics)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: gandus [plural]
Etymology: From Hausa gandū (“large farm”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ha|gandū|t=large farm}} Hausa gandū (“large farm”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gandu (plural gandus)
  1. (West Africa) A work agreement usually involving a married man and his adult sons who take on responsibility for the fieldwork of a farm on which they all live. Tags: Africa, West
    Sense id: en-gandu-en-noun-jAPOZncR Categories (other): West African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 38 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Hausa]

IPA: /ɡán.dúː/, [ɡán.dúː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: gandū [canonical, masculine], gandā̀yē [plural], gandun [possessed-form]
Etymology: From a Songhay word for "land". Etymology templates: {{der|ha|son}} Songhay Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|gandū|gandā̀yē}} gandū m (plural gandā̀yē, possessed form gandun)
  1. large farm, usually worked by a single family Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-gandu-ha-noun-zGzmb6Wh Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Classifier [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈɡandu/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor+|id|su}} Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?] Head templates: {{head|id|classifier}} gandu
  1. (dialectal) classifier word for cylindrical objects Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-gandu-id-classifier--nkhugw8 Categories (other): Indonesian classifiers Disambiguation of Indonesian classifiers: 74 2 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈɡandu/ Forms: ganduku [first-person, possessive], gandumu [possessive, second-person], gandunya [possessive, third-person]
Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=-}} gandu (first-person possessive ganduku, second-person possessive gandumu, third-person possessive gandunya)
  1. spadefish (Ephippus orbis).
    Sense id: en-gandu-id-noun-07P~~Sbm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈɡandu/ Forms: ganduku [first-person, possessive], gandumu [possessive, second-person], gandunya [possessive, third-person]
Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=-}} gandu (first-person possessive ganduku, second-person possessive gandumu, third-person possessive gandunya)
  1. box bean (Entada phaseoloides).
    Sense id: en-gandu-id-noun-c8ZCDNjN Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Indonesian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 23 22 6 2 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 23 22 4 1 36 Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 72 Disambiguation of Indonesian terms with redundant script codes: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Narungga]

Head templates: {{head|nnr|noun}} gandu
  1. wallaby, in particular the rock wallaby
    Sense id: en-gandu-nnr-noun-DaKop9Yy Categories (other): Narungga entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Ngadjuri]

Head templates: {{head|jui|noun}} gandu
  1. wallaby, in particular the rock wallaby Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-gandu-jui-noun-DaKop9Yy Categories (other): Ngadjuri entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "word": "librandu"
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          "ref": "2011, Farzana Doctor, Six Metres of Pavement, page 358:",
          "text": "She was almost nice, or trying to be. But that Khushaal. What a gandu! A real ass!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Manil Suri, The City of Devi, page 327:",
          "text": "See—a gandu, nothing more, just like I said. Surely if it were a plot, they'd send a proper man.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Anand Ranganathan, Chitra Subramaniam, The Rat Eater:",
          "text": "This Khushaal—you haven't seen his photographs, have you sir? The ugliest gandu in town...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Ranjay Chowdhury, Ram Khan: The Weird Wizard:",
          "text": "That gandu has set men after me.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "An arsehole, an idiot."
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Hasan Mujtaba, Stephen O. Murray, Will Roscoe, Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature, page 31:",
          "text": "He is less likely to be considered a gandu (since presumably he can satisfy himself carnally at will with his wife).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Trikone - Volumes 16-18, page 20:",
          "text": "Calling Nasim a gandu and declaring a jehad against gay Muslims, he allegedly lunged at Nasim while two restaurant employees tried to restrain him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Aatish Taseer, Noon: A Novel:",
          "text": "'I see you've put up a picture of Maggu Mahapatra and that gandu prince, what's his name, Tuttu...'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Shobha De, Sethji:",
          "text": "I am not here to disturb your honeymoon with that gandu-actor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Stanley I. Thangaraj, Desi Hoop Dreams, page 187:",
          "text": "Mustafa renarrativized his heterosexuality by playing gay as a way to control and test how much of a \"Gandu\" or \"Chakka\" Khushaal was.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Someone who takes the passive role in anal sex."
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        "(India, Pakistan, vulgar, slang, offensive) Someone who takes the passive role in anal sex."
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      "word": "goondu"
    }
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  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English vulgarities",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Farzana Doctor, Six Metres of Pavement, page 358:",
          "text": "She was almost nice, or trying to be. But that Khushaal. What a gandu! A real ass!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Manil Suri, The City of Devi, page 327:",
          "text": "See—a gandu, nothing more, just like I said. Surely if it were a plot, they'd send a proper man.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Anand Ranganathan, Chitra Subramaniam, The Rat Eater:",
          "text": "This Khushaal—you haven't seen his photographs, have you sir? The ugliest gandu in town...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Ranjay Chowdhury, Ram Khan: The Weird Wizard:",
          "text": "That gandu has set men after me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "An arsehole, an idiot."
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        [
          "arsehole",
          "arsehole"
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          "idiot",
          "idiot"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, vulgar, slang) An arsehole, an idiot."
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        "India",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Hasan Mujtaba, Stephen O. Murray, Will Roscoe, Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature, page 31:",
          "text": "He is less likely to be considered a gandu (since presumably he can satisfy himself carnally at will with his wife).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Trikone - Volumes 16-18, page 20:",
          "text": "Calling Nasim a gandu and declaring a jehad against gay Muslims, he allegedly lunged at Nasim while two restaurant employees tried to restrain him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Aatish Taseer, Noon: A Novel:",
          "text": "'I see you've put up a picture of Maggu Mahapatra and that gandu prince, what's his name, Tuttu...'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Shobha De, Sethji:",
          "text": "I am not here to disturb your honeymoon with that gandu-actor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Stanley I. Thangaraj, Desi Hoop Dreams, page 187:",
          "text": "Mustafa renarrativized his heterosexuality by playing gay as a way to control and test how much of a \"Gandu\" or \"Chakka\" Khushaal was.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Someone who takes the passive role in anal sex."
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        [
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          "anal sex",
          "anal sex"
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        "(India, Pakistan, vulgar, slang, offensive) Someone who takes the passive role in anal sex."
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        "India",
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        "slang",
        "vulgar"
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        "English",
        "Singapore",
        "colloquial"
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    }
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  "word": "gandu"
}

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          "ref": "1966, Dhara S. Gill, FAO Socio-economic Survey of Peasant Agriculture in Northern Nigeria, page 70:",
          "text": "There are several variations in the organization of gandu in this area.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Steven Pierce, Farmers and the State in Colonial Kano:",
          "text": "He described a number of other possibilities, for example, that in the event of a father's death, brothers might continue the gandu, with the senior brother taking the father's position as head.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Paul Clough, Morality and Economic Growth in Rural West Africa:",
          "text": "Hill found that in Dorayi, few married sons left gandu. Fathers were reluctant to release married sons from gandu and seldom granted them gayauna.",
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        }
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        "A work agreement usually involving a married man and his adult sons who take on responsibility for the fieldwork of a farm on which they all live."
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      ]
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}

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        "canonical",
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      "ipa": "/ɡán.dúː/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡandu/"
    }
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        "head": "",
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  "lang_code": "id",
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      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
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        "box bean (Entada phaseoloides)."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡandu/"
    }
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}

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "classifier"
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  "lang_code": "id",
  "pos": "classifier",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "classifier word for cylindrical objects"
      ],
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        "(dialectal) classifier word for cylindrical objects"
      ],
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        "dialectal"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡandu/"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "Ngadjuri lemmas",
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}

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