kantar

See also: kantár

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary.

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

Anagrams


Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kanti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.ˈtar/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to sing

Conjugation

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kantar m

  1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish

Etymology

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.tar/

Noun

kantar m inan

  1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension

Further reading

  • kantar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. sea bream (fish)

Etymology 2

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. halter
  2. bridle

Etymology 3

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 tense of kanta.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centenarius.

Noun

kantar (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. steelyard
  2. scale (device)
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