From sh- + pendë (“feather”). More at pendë.
shpend m (plural shpendë, definite shpendi, definite plural shpendët)
- (sciences) bird
- poultry, domestic fowl
- (regional) gamebird, gamefowl
- “shpend”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “shpend”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006