kantar

See also: kantár and кантар

English

Alternative forms

• cantar, qantar

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary and quintal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɑ/

Noun

kantar (plural kantars)

1. a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt)

Translations

unit of weight

• Arabic: قِنْطَار m (qinṭār)
• Maltese: qantar m
• Ottoman Turkish: قنطار (kantar)
• Persian: قنطار (fa) (qentâr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ка̀нта̄р m

  Roman: kàntār (sh) m

Anagrams

• tranka

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/, [kʌnˈtʌɾ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧tar

Noun

kantár m 

1. (Southern dialects) Synonym of kimbíxxa

Declension

Declension of kantár
absolutive	kantár
predicative	kantára
subjective	kantár
genitive	kantár
Postpositioned forms l-case kantáral k-case kantárak t-case kantárat h-case kantárah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kantar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kanti, Latin cantō, Italian cantare, Spanish cantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/

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
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

• kantisto

Ladino

Verb

kantar (Latin spelling)

1. to sing

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kantar m

1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tar/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -antar
• Syllabification: kan‧tar

Noun

kantar m inan

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

Further reading

• kantar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kantar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. sea bream

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. halter
2. bridle

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

kàntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нта̄р)

1. steelyard
2. kantar

Swedish

Verb

kantar

1. present indicative of kanta

Anagrams

• kantra, kartan, tankar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.tɐɾ/

Noun

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

1. steelyard, or a scale in general

Derived terms

• kantarcı