kënd

See also: kend and Kend

Albanian

Etymology 1

From compound Proto-Albanian *kwom-to-, an indefinite pronoun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kənd]

Pronoun

kënd

  1. anyone
  2. thing

Etymology 2

From Latin canthus, from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).[1]

Noun

kënd m (indefinite plural kënde, definite singular këndi, definite plural këndet)

  1. corner
    Drejtkëndëshi ka katër kënde.
    A rectangle has four corners.
  2. angle
    Këndi është shumë i ngushtë.
    The angle is very narrow.
  3. a seat around something
  4. a faraway place
  5. a comfortable place (to stay, to live)
  6. an area used for a specific purpose
  7. viewpoint

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kënd”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1409
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