kantar

See also: kantár and кантар

English

Alternative forms

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

Anagrams

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kantar m

  1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.tar/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -antar
  • Syllabification: kan‧tar

Noun

kantar m inan

  1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension

Further reading

  • kantar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • 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

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.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

  1. steelyard, or a scale in general
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