kantar
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary and quintal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantar (plural kantars)
- 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
Noun edit
kantár m
- (Southern dialects) Synonym of kimbíxxa
Declension edit
Declension of kantár | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | kantár | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | kantára | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | kantár | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | kantár | |||||||||||||||||
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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 kanti, Latin cantō, Italian cantare, Spanish cantar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kantar (present tense kantas, past tense kantis, future tense kantos, imperative kantez, conditional kantus)
- (transitive) to sing
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | kantar | kantir | kantor | ||||
tense | kantas | kantis | kantos | ||||
conditional | kantus | ||||||
imperative | kantez | ||||||
adjective active participle | kantanta | kantinta | kantonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | kantante | kantinte | kantonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | kantanto | kantinto | kantonto | |||
plural | kantanti | kantinti | kantonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | kantata | kantita | kantota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | kantate | kantite | kantote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | kantato | kantito | kantoto | |||
plural | kantati | kantiti | kantoti |
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
kantar m
- indefinite plural of kant
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantar m inan
- halter (animal's headgear)
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Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).
Noun edit
kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.
Noun edit
kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)
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)
Swedish edit
Verb edit
kantar
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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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)