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çandër

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃandəɾ/

“çandër” is an Albanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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

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