قنطار
Arabic
FWOTD – 11 April 2020
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā), ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qin.tˤaːr/
- (Moroccan) IPA(key): /qan.tˤaːr/
Noun
قِنْطَار • (qinṭār) m (plural قَنَاطِير (qanāṭīr))
- hundredweight, quintal, kantar (a weight measure, usually the largest and dividing to 100 رَطْل (raṭl))
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:75:
- وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَابِ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِمًا
- wa-min ʾahli l-kitābi man ʾin taʾmanhu bi-qinṭārin yuʾaddihi ʾilayka wa-minhum man ʾin taʾmanhu bidīnārin lā yuʾaddihi ʾilayka ʾillā mā dumta ʿalayhi qāʾiman
- And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a qintar, he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a dinar, he will not return it to you unless you persist confronting him.
- (obsolete, Syria until 1931) 6000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 256.4 kg
- (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) 150 رَطْل (raṭl) – 67.5 kg
- (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) 36 أُقَّة (ʾuqqa) – 1331⁄3 وِقِيّة (wiqiyya) – 230,400 قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) – 44.93 kg
- (obsolete, Libya until 1927) 40 أُقَّة (ʾuqqa) – 51.28 kg
- (obsolete, Tunisia until 1895) 2000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 53.9 kg
- (obsolete, Algeria until 1843) 2400 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 81.912 kg
- (obsolete, Morocco until 1923) 50.75 kg
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- (figurative) wealth, great possessions
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:14:
- زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَاطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَامِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَآبِ
- zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu š-šahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-ḵayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʾanʿāmi wa-l-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʿindahu ḥusnu l-maʾābi
- Beautified for men is the love of things they covet, women, children, heaped-up wealth of gold and silver, branded beautiful horses, cattle and cropland. This is the pleasure of the present world’s life, but Allah has the finest return with Him.
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Declension
Declension of noun قِنْطَار (qinṭār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قِنْطَار qinṭār | الْقِنْطَار al-qinṭār | قِنْطَار qinṭār |
| Nominative | قِنْطَارٌ qinṭārun | الْقِنْطَارُ al-qinṭāru | قِنْطَارُ qinṭāru |
| Accusative | قِنْطَارًا qinṭāran | الْقِنْطَارَ al-qinṭāra | قِنْطَارَ qinṭāra |
| Genitive | قِنْطَارٍ qinṭārin | الْقِنْطَارِ al-qinṭāri | قِنْطَارِ qinṭāri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | قِنْطَارَيْن qinṭārayn | الْقِنْطَارَيْن al-qinṭārayn | قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
| Nominative | قِنْطَارَانِ qinṭārāni | الْقِنْطَارَانِ al-qinṭārāni | قِنْطَارَا qinṭārā |
| Accusative | قِنْطَارَيْنِ qinṭārayni | الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ al-qinṭārayni | قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
| Genitive | قِنْطَارَيْنِ qinṭārayni | الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ al-qinṭārayni | قِنْطَارَيْ qinṭāray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | قَنَاطِير qanāṭīr | الْقَنَاطِير al-qanāṭīr | قَنَاطِير qanāṭīr |
| Nominative | قَنَاطِيرُ qanāṭīru | الْقَنَاطِيرُ al-qanāṭīru | قَنَاطِيرُ qanāṭīru |
| Accusative | قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra | الْقَنَاطِيرَ al-qanāṭīra | قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra |
| Genitive | قَنَاطِيرَ qanāṭīra | الْقَنَاطِيرِ al-qanāṭīri | قَنَاطِيرِ qanāṭīri |
Derived terms
- قَنْطَرَ (qanṭara, “to heap up wealth”)
Descendants
- Maltese: qantar
- Moroccan Arabic: قنطار (qanṭār)
- → Azerbaijani: qantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Crimean Tatar: qantar
- → English: kantar
- → Italian: cantaro
- → Medieval Latin: quintale
- Italian: quintale
- Old French: quintal
- Middle French: quintal
- French: quintal
- → English: quintal
- French: quintal
- Middle French: quintal
- Portuguese: quintal
- Spanish: quintal
- → Ottoman Turkish: قنطار (kantar)
- Turkish: kantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Belarusian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Bulgarian: кантар (kantar)
- → Byzantine Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- ⇒ Greek: κανταράκι (kantaráki)
- → Albanian: kandar
- → Aromanian: cãntare, cîntare, cîndare
- Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- → Karaim: кантар, къантар
- → Macedonian: кантар (kantar)
- → Polish: kantar (obsolete)
- → Ukrainian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Romanian: cântar
- → Russian: канта́рь (kantárʹ), конта́рь (kontárʹ), канта́р (kantár), ка́нтырь (kántyrʹ)
- → Kazakh: кантар (kantar)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ка̀нта̄р/kàntār
- → Persian: قنطار (qentâr)
References
- Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Noun
قنطار • (kantar)
- kantar
- steelyard
- hundredweight, quintal
Descendants
- Turkish: kantar
- → Armenian: ղանթար (łantʿar)
- → Belarusian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Bulgarian: кантар (kantar)
- → Byzantine Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- ⇒ Greek: κανταράκι (kantaráki)
- → Albanian: kandar
- → Aromanian: cãntare, cîntare, cîndare
- Greek: καντάρι (kantári)
- → Karaim: кантар, къантар
- → Macedonian: кантар (kantar)
- → Polish: kantar (obsolete)
- → Ukrainian: ка́нтар (kántar)
- → Romanian: cântar
- → Russian: канта́рь (kantárʹ), конта́рь (kontárʹ), канта́р (kantár), ка́нтырь (kántyrʹ)
- → Kazakh: кантар (kantar)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ка̀нта̄р/kàntār
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Noun
قنطار • (qentâr) (plural قناطیر)
- kantar
- hundredweight, quintal