kantar

[kahn-tahr]

noun

(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.

Origin of kantar

1545–55; < Arabic qinṭar ≪ Latin centenārium; see quintal

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Contemporary Examples of kantar

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Historical Examples of kantar

The last advices, not a month old, quoted thirty dinars the kantar and were rising.
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Hilaire Belloc

British Dictionary definitions for kantar

kantar

noun

a unit of weight used in E Mediterranean countries, equivalent to 100 pounds or 45 kilograms but varying from place to place

Word Origin for kantar

C16: from Arabic qintār, from Late Greek kentēnarion weight of a hundred pounds, from Late Latin centēnārium, from centum hundred

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