قنطار

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Arabic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Via Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnarion), from Latin centēnārium (hundredweight).

Noun [edit]

قنطار (qinṭār) (plural قناطير)

  1. kantar (unit of weight)
  2. hundredweight, quintal

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Ottoman Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic قنطار (qinṭār), Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnarion), from Latin centēnārium (hundredweight).

Noun [edit]

قنطار (kantar)

  1. kantar
  2. steelyard
  3. hundredweight, quintal

Persian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic قنطار (qinṭār), Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnarion), from Latin centēnārium (hundredweight).

Noun [edit]

قنطار  (qentâr), plural قناطیر

  1. kantar
  2. hundredweight, quintal