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قَنْدٌ ذ (S, A, L, Msb, K) and ↓ قَنْدَةٌ and ↓ قِنْدِيدٌ (L, K) The honey (or expressed juice, TA) of the sugar-cane, (S, A, L, K,) when it has become concrete, (L, K,) or when it has been rendered concrete; (as in some copies of the K;) [or sugar-candy;] see also طَبَرْزَدٌ; with which فَانِيد is made: (L:) or that of which sugar is made; so that sugar is to قند like clarified butter to fresh butter: the pl. of قند is قُنُودٌ: (Msb:) it is (as some say, Msb) an arabicized word, (Msb, K,) from [the Pers.] كَنْدٌ [or قَنْدْ]. (TA.)

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