English

Alternative forms

• cantar
• qantar

Noun

kantar ‎(plural kantars)

1. a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt)

Translations

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Esperanto kanti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.ˈtar/

Verb

kantar (present tense kantas, past tense kantis, future tense kantos, imperative kantez, conditional kantus)

1. (transitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of kantar present past future tense kantas kantis kantos perfect kantabis kantabos infinitive kantar kantir kantor imperative kantez kantabez conditional kantus kantabus nominal active participle singular kantanto kantinto kantonto plural kantanti kantinti kantonti nominal passive participle singular kantato kantito kantoto plural kantati kantiti kantoti active participle kantanta kantinta kantonta passive participle kantata kantita kantota adverbial active participle kantante kantinte kantonte adverbial passive participle kantate kantite kantote

Derived terms

• kantisto

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kantar m

1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish

Etymology

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tar/

Noun

kantar m inan

1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

kantar m ‎(Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. sea bream (fish)

Etymology 2

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kantar m ‎(Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. halter
2. bridle

Etymology 3

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

Noun

kantar m ‎(Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. steelyard

Swedish

Verb

kantar

1. present tense of kanta.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), from Latin centenarius.

Noun

kantar ‎(definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

1. steelyard
2. scale (device)