çandër

See also: Cander

Albanian

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”)).

Noun

çándër f (plural çandra, definite çandra)

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

Declension

Declension of çandër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	çandër	çandra	çandra	çandrat
accusative		çandrën
dative	çandre	çandrës	çandrave	çandrave
ablative			çandrash

Further reading

• “çandër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980