çandër

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štšentra, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (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

çandër f (plural çandra, definite çandra)

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