qantar
English
Noun
qantar (plural qantars)
- Alternative spelling of kantar
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic قِنْطار (qinṭār), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܝܢܪܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centenarium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔanˈtaːr/
Noun
qantar m (plural qnatar, dual qantarejn)
- a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming, equivalent to 100 ratal, that is officially 175 imperial pounds (79.38 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 80 kilogrammes
See also
- uqija
- ratal
- wiżna
Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār).
Noun
qantar
- A unit of weight: 1 qantar = 2.5 pot = 40.951 kg (archaic)
- A unit of force: 1 qantar = 401.5949 N (newton) (archaic)
Declension
declension of qantar
| Nominative | qantar |
|---|---|
| Genitive | qantarnıñ |
| Dative | qantarga |
| Accusative | qantarnı |
| Locative | qantarda |
| Ablative | qantardan |