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kental

English

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Noun

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kental (plural kentals)

  1. Alternative form of quintal

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay kental, probably from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦼꦭ꧀ (kenthel), from Old Javanese kandĕl (“thick”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kənˈtal]
  • Hyphenation: kên‧tal
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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kental or kêntal

  1. thick:
    1. having a viscous consistency
    2. (of an accent) prominent, strong
  2. (of friendship) acquainted
    • 1943, Tan Malaka, Madilog:
      Lebih kental susunannya, lebih pasti kediamannya dan lebih mendalam kepercayaannya, tetapi paling tiada dikenal didunia luar diantara 3 agama yang masuk ke Tiongkok itu, ialah agama Islam.
      The more acquainted the arrangement it has, the more certain the residence it has, and the deeper the belief it has. Yet, the least known in the outside world among the three religions that entered China, is the religion Islam.

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  1. ^ Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) “Loan - v”, in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], retrieved 2022-03-15: “Given its distribution only on Java, Bali and Lombok and in Malay, but not in the Batak languages or other languages of northern Sumatra, or in Borneo, this is most likely to be a loan from Javanese.”

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Malay

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Etymology

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Probably from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦛꦼꦭ꧀ (kenthel), from Old Javanese kandĕl (“thick”).[1]

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kental (Jawi spelling کنتل)

  1. thick:
    1. having a viscous consistency
    2. (of an accent) prominent, strong
  2. (of friendship) acquainted
    Synonyms: akrab, karib, erat, rapat

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References

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  1. ^ Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) “Loan - v”, in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], retrieved 2022-03-15: “Given its distribution only on Java, Bali and Lombok and in Malay, but not in the Batak languages or other languages of northern Sumatra, or in Borneo, this is most likely to be a loan from Javanese.”

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From French quintal, from Latin quintale, Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of kantar.

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Noun

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kental (definite accusative kentali, plural kentaller)

  1. quintal (100 kilograms)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kental
Definite accusative kentali
Singular Plural
Nominative kental kentaller
Definite accusative kentali kentalleri
Dative kentale kentallere
Locative kentalde kentallerde
Ablative kentalden kentallerden
Genitive kentalin kentallerin
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