qantar

== English == === Noun === qantar (plural qantars) Alternative spelling of kantar. == Maltese == === Etymology === From Arabic قِنْطار (qinṭār), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܝܢܪܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium. Doublet of ċentinarju. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔanˈtaːr/ Rhymes: -aːr === Noun === qantar m (dual qantarejn, plural qnatar) a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming, equivalent to 100 ratal, that is officially 175 imperial pounds (79.38 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 80 kilogrammes ==== See also ==== uqija ratal wiżna == Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). === Noun === qantar A unit of weight: 1 qantar = 2.5 pot = 40.951 kg (archaic) A unit of force: 1 qantar = 401.5949 N (newton) (archaic) ==== Declension ====