çandër

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štšentra, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (compare Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)) with s-mobile, from *ḱent- (“to prick; point”) (compare Latvian sīts (“hunting spear”), Old High German hantag (“pointy”)).

Noun

çandër f (indefinite plural çandra, definite singular çandra)

  1. forked shoring pole for a wall or fence
  2. prop, support
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