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): /kanˈtar/, [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

Ladino

Verb

kantar (Latin spelling)

  1. to sing

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

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

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. sea bream

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kȁntār m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

  1. halter
  2. bridle

Etymology 3

Borrowed 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 indicative of kanta

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.tɐɾ/

Noun

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

  1. steelyard, or a scale in general

Derived terms

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