kantar

See also kantár

English

Alternative forms

• cantar
• qantar

Etymology

From Arabic قنطار (qinṭār).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kænˈtɑ/

Noun

kantar (plural kantars)

1. a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44,93kg in Egypt)

Translations

unit of weight

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of kantar

	present	past	future
tense	kantas	kantis	kantos
perfect		kantabis	kantabos
infinitive	kantar	kantir	kantor
active participle	kantanta	kantinta	kantonta
nominal active participle	kantanto pl. kantanti	kantinto pl. kantinti	kantonto pl. kantonti
adverbial active participle	kantante	kantinte	kantonte
passive participle	kantata	kantita	kantota
nominal passive participle	kantato pl. kantati	kantito pl. kantiti	kantoto pl. kantoti
adverbial passive participle	kantate	kantite	kantote
imperative	kantez	kantabez
conditional	kantus	kantabus

Derived terms

• kantisto

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Polish

Etymology

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kantar m.

1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension

    declension of kantar

	singular	plural
nominative	kantar	kantary
genitive	kantara	kantarów
dative	kantarowi	kantarom
accusative	kantar	kantary
instrumental	kantarem	kantarami
locative	kantarze	kantarach
vocative	kantarze	kantary

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

kantar m. (Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. sea bream (fish)

Etymology 2

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kantar m. (Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. halter
2. bridle

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قنطار (qinṭār), Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnarion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

kantar m. (Cyrillic spelling кантар)

1. steelyard

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Swedish

Verb

kantar

1. present tense of kanta.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

kantar

1. steelyard
2. scale (device)