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- Arabic · borrowed fromقِنْطَار
- English todaykantar
From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary, centner, and quintal.
Words from the same roots
Arabicقِنْطَار all →
quintal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kantar
Today it means: A unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt). Full definition →
Arabic قِنْطَار