kantar

Alternative forms

• cantar
• qantar

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار‎ (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary.

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)

Anagrams

• tranka

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kanti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.ˈtar/

Verb

kantar (present tense kantas, past tense kantis, future tense kantos, imperative kantez, conditional kantus)

1. (transitive) to sing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kantar

		present		past		future
infinitive		kantar		kantir		kantor
tense		kantas		kantis		kantos
conditional		kantus
imperative		kantez
adjective active participle		kantanta		kantinta		kantonta
adverbial active participle		kantante		kantinte		kantonte
nominal active participle	singular	kantanto		kantinto		kantonto
	plural	kantanti		kantinti		kantonti
adjective passive participle		kantata		kantita		kantota
adverbial passive participle		kantate		kantite		kantote
nominal passive participle	singular	kantato		kantito		kantoto
	plural	kantati		kantiti		kantoti

Noun

kantar m

1. indefinite plural of kant

Etymology

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tar/

Noun

kantar m inan

1. halter (animal's headgear)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار‎ (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار‎ (qinṭār), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Verb

kantar

1. present tense of kanta.

Etymology

From Arabic قِنْطَار‎ (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centenarius.

Noun

kantar (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. steelyard
2. scale (device)