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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kandar m (plural kandarë, definite kandari, definite plural kandarët)
- scale
References
- ^ 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
Noun
kandar
- Barbodes lanaoensis; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines