قنطار
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā), ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
قِنْطَار • (qinṭār) m (plural قَنَاطِير (qanāṭīr))
- hundredweight, quintal, kantar (a weight measure, usually the largest and dividing to 100 رَطْل (raṭl))
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- وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَابِ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِمًا
- wa-min ʾahli l-kitābi man ʾin taʾmanhu bi-qinṭārin yuʾaddihi ʾilayka wa-minhum man ʾin taʾmanhu bidīnārin lā yuʾaddihi ʾilayka ʾillā mā dumta ʿalayhi qāʾiman
- And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a qintar, he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a dinar, he will not return it to you unless you persist confronting him.
- (obsolete, Syria until 1931) 6000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 256.4 kg
- (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) 150 رَطْل (raṭl) – 67.5 kg
- (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) 36 أُقَّة (ʾuqqa) – 133 1⁄3 وِقِيّة (wiqiyya) – 230,400 قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) – 44.93 kg
- (obsolete, Libya until 1927) 40 أُقَّة (ʾuqqa) – 51.28 kg
- (obsolete, Tunisia until 1895) 2000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 53.9 kg
- (obsolete, Algeria until 1843) 2400 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 81.912 kg
- (obsolete, Morocco until 1923) 50.75 kg
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- (figuratively) wealth, great possessions
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- زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَاطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَامِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَآبِ
- zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu š-šahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-ḵayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʾanʿāmi wa-l-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʿindahu ḥusnu l-maʾābi
- Beautified for men is the love of things they covet, women, children, heaped-up wealth of gold and silver, branded beautiful horses, cattle and cropland. This is the pleasure of the present world’s life, but Allah has the finest return with Him.
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DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun قِنْطَار (qinṭār)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِنْطَار qinṭār |
الْقِنْطَار al-qinṭār |
قِنْطَار qinṭār |
Nominative | قِنْطَارٌ qinṭārun |
الْقِنْطَارُ al-qinṭāru |
قِنْطَارُ qinṭāru |
Accusative | قِنْطَارًا qinṭāran |
الْقِنْطَارَ al-qinṭāra |
قِنْطَارَ qinṭāra |
Genitive | قِنْطَارٍ qinṭārin |
الْقِنْطَارِ al-qinṭāri |
قِنْطَارِ qinṭāri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | قِنْطَارَيْن qinṭārayn |
الْقِنْطَارَيْن al-qinṭārayn |
قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
Nominative | قِنْطَارَانِ qinṭārāni |
الْقِنْطَارَانِ al-qinṭārāni |
قِنْطَارَا qinṭārā |
Accusative | قِنْطَارَيْنِ qinṭārayni |
الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ al-qinṭārayni |
قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
Genitive | قِنْطَارَيْنِ qinṭārayni |
الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ al-qinṭārayni |
قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قَنَاطِير qanāṭīr |
الْقَنَاطِير al-qanāṭīr |
قَنَاطِير qanāṭīr |
Nominative | قَنَاطِيرُ qanāṭīru |
الْقَنَاطِيرُ al-qanāṭīru |
قَنَاطِيرُ qanāṭīru |
Accusative | قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra |
الْقَنَاطِيرَ al-qanāṭīra |
قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra |
Genitive | قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra |
الْقَنَاطِيرِ al-qanāṭīri |
قَنَاطِيرِ qanāṭīri |
Derived termsEdit
- قَنْطَرَ (qanṭara, “to heap up wealth”)
DescendantsEdit
- Maltese: qantar
- Moroccan Arabic: قنطار (qanṭār)
- → Azerbaijani: qantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Crimean Tatar: qantar
- → English: kantar
- → Italian: cantaro
- → Medieval Latin: quintale
- → Ottoman Turkish: قنطار (kantar)
- Turkish: kantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Belarusian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Bulgarian: кантар (kantar)
- → Byzantine Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- → Karaim: кантар, къантар
- → Macedonian: кантар (kantar)
- → Polish: kantar (obsolete)
- → Ukrainian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Romanian: cântar
- → Russian: канта́рь (kantárʹ), конта́рь (kontárʹ), канта́р (kantár), ка́нтырь (kántyrʹ)
- → Kazakh: кантар (kantar)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ка̀нта̄р/kàntār
- → Persian: قنطار (qentâr)
ReferencesEdit
- Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
Ottoman TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
NounEdit
قنطار • (kantar)
DescendantsEdit
- Turkish: kantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Belarusian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Bulgarian: кантар (kantar)
- → Byzantine Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- → Karaim: кантар, къантар
- → Macedonian: кантар (kantar)
- → Polish: kantar (obsolete)
- → Ukrainian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Romanian: cântar
- → Russian: канта́рь (kantárʹ), конта́рь (kontárʹ), канта́р (kantár), ка́нтырь (kántyrʹ)
- → Kazakh: кантар (kantar)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ка̀нта̄р/kàntār
PersianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).