قنطار

Arabic
Root
ق ن ط ر (q-n-ṭ-r)
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))

  1. 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 ʔahli l-kitābi man ʔin taʔmanhu bi-qinṭārin yuʔaddihi ʔilayka wa-minhum man ʔin taʔmanhu bidīnārin lā yuʔaddihi ʔilayka ʔillā mā dumta ʕalayhi qāʔiman
      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.
    1. (obsolete, Syria until 1931) ‎ 6000 ‎وُقِيّة (wuqiyya)‎ – 256.4 kg
    2. (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) 150 رَطْل (raṭl) – 67.5 kg
    3. (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) ‎ 36 ‎أُقَّة (ʔuqqa)‎ – ‎133+1⁄3 ‎وِقِيّة (wiqiyya)‎ – 230,400 ‎قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ)‎ – 44.93 kg
    4. (obsolete, Libya until 1927) ‎ 40 ‎أُقَّة (ʔuqqa)‎ – 51.28 kg
    5. (obsolete, Tunisia until 1895) ‎ 2000 ‎وُقِيّة (wuqiyya)‎ – 53.9 kg
    6. (obsolete, Algeria until 1843) ‎ 2400 ‎وُقِيّة (wuqiyya)‎ – 81.912 kg
    7. (obsolete, Morocco until 1923) 50.75 kg
  2. (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-nisāʔi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-ḵayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʔanʕāmi wa-l-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʕu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʕindahu ḥusnu l-maʔābi
      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.

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

Descendants
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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, “hundredweight, quintal”), itself from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

قنطار • (kantar)

  1. kantar, hundredweight, quintal, a unit of weight used in various Eastern Mediterranean countries
  2. steelyard, a transportable balance with unequal arm lengths which incorporates a sliding counterweight
    Synonym: قپان (kapan)

Derived terms
  • قنطار آغاسی (kantar ağası, “weights inspector”)
  • قنطار طوپی (kantar topu, “weight of a steelyard”)
  • قنطار قاونی (kantar kavunu, “large variety of melon”)
  • قنطار قولی (kantar kolu, “arm of a steelyard”)
  • قنطار كرته‌سی (kantar kertesi, “notch on the arm of a steelyard”)
  • قنطار پاره‌سی (kantar parası, “fee paid to the weights inspector”)
  • قنطارجی (kantarcı, “weights inspector”)
  • قنطارلق (kantarlık, “rack where steelyards are kept”)
  • قنطاره چكمك (kantara çekmek, “to weigh with a steelyard”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

قنطار • (qentâr) (plural قناطیر)

  1. kantar
  2. hundredweight, quintal
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