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kënd

Pronunciation: [kənd]

“kënd” is an Albanian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. whom (alternative form of kë (“whom”) (accusative form of kush)
  2. somebody

noun

  1. corner
  2. angle
  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

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kan tan, sequence of two pronouns (Proto-Albanian *kan + *tan). Proto-Albanian *kan from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-. The second element Proto-Albanian *tan from Proto-Indo-European *to-. Continuing in accusative form of kush as kë (Gheg Albanian kâ, kân). See (pronoun) Albanian kë and (nominative form) kush (“who”) for more. From compound…

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