See also: kantár and кантар

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Etymology edit

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary and quintal.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kantar (plural kantars)

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

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Afar edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtar/, [kʌnˈtʌɾ]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧tar

Noun edit

kantár m 

  1. (Southern dialects) Synonym of kimbíxxa

Declension edit

Declension of kantár
absolutive kantár
predicative kantára
subjective kantár
genitive kantár
Postpositioned forms
l-case kantáral
k-case kantárak
t-case kantárat
h-case kantárah

References edit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kantar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto kantiLatin cantōItalian cantareSpanish cantar.

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Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive) to sing

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

kantar m

  1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.tar/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -antar
  • Syllabification: kan‧tar

Noun edit

kantar m inan

  1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • kantar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kantar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

Noun edit

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. sea bream

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun edit

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. halter
  2. bridle

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

kàntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нта̄р)

  1. steelyard
  2. kantar

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Verb edit

kantar

  1. present indicative of kanta

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Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium.

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Noun edit

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

  1. steelyard, or a scale in general

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