qen

• kjen — Old Albanian
• qan [tɕan] (Gjakova)
• plural: qenër

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin canis (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): /cɕɛn/

qen m (plural qen, definite qeni, definite plural qentë)

1. (zoology) dog

   Synonym: zagar

2. (figurative, derogatory) unfaithful, bad (male) person; man without morals

   Synonym: rrugaç

• “qen”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “canis — chien”

qēn

1. Romanization of 𐌵𐌴𐌽