qantar

English

Noun

qantar (plural qantars)

1. Alternative spelling of kantar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطار (qinṭār), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܝܢܪܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium. Doublet of ċentinarju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanˈtaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

qantar m (dual qantarejn, plural qnatar)

1. a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming, equivalent to 100 ratal, that is officially 175 imperial pounds (79.38 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 80 kilogrammes

See also

• uqija
• ratal
• wiżna

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār).

Noun

qantar

1. A unit of weight: 1 qantar = 2.5 pot = 40.951 kg (archaic)
2. A unit of force: 1 qantar = 401.5949 N (newton) (archaic)

Declension

    declension of qantar

Nominative	qantar
Genitive	qantarnıñ
Dative	qantarga
Accusative	qantarnı
Locative	qantarda
Ablative	qantardan