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قنطار

قنطار

Arabic

Noun

قِنْطَار (qinṭār) ? (plural قَنَاطِير (qanāṭīr))

  1. kantar (unit of weight)
  2. hundredweight, quintal

Declension

Descendants


Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (hundredweight).

Noun

قنطار (kantar)

  1. kantar
  2. steelyard
  3. hundredweight, quintal

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (hundredweight).

Noun

قنطار (qentâr) (plural قناطیر)

  1. kantar
  2. hundredweight, quintal