kandar

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaˈndaɾ]

Noun

kandar m (plural kandarë, definite kandari, definite plural kandarët)

  1. scale

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “kandar”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 708

Further reading
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kandar”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 245

Cebuano

Etymology

From Maranao and Tausug kundur, kandar.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: kan‧dar

Noun

kandar

  1. Barbodes lanaoensis; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines
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