قنطار

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Arabic

Root
ق ن ط ر (q n ṭ r)
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Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā), ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

قِنْطَار • (qinṭār) m (plural قَنَاطِير (qanāṭīr))

  1. hundredweight, quintal, kantar (a weight measure, usually the largest and dividing to 100 رَطْل (raṭl))
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:75:
      وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَابِ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِمًا
      wa-min ʔahli l-kitābi man ʔin taʔmanhu bi-qinṭārin yuʔaddihi ʔilayka wa-minhum man ʔin taʔmanhu bidīnārin lā yuʔaddihi ʔilayka ʔillā mā dumta ʕalayhi qāʔiman
      And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a qintar, he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a dinar, he will not return it to you unless you persist confronting him.
    1. (obsolete, Syria until 1931) 6000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 256.4 kg
    2. (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) 150 رَطْل (raṭl) – 67.5 kg
    3. (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) 36 أُقَّة (ʔuqqa) – 133+1⁄3 وِقِيّة (wiqiyya) – 230,400 قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) – 44.93 kg
    4. (obsolete, Libya until 1927) 40 أُقَّة (ʔuqqa) – 51.28 kg
    5. (obsolete, Tunisia until 1895) 2000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 53.9 kg
    6. (obsolete, Algeria until 1843) 2400 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 81.912 kg
    7. (obsolete, Morocco until 1923) 50.75 kg
  2. (figurative) wealth, great possessions
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:14:
      زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَاطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَامِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَآبِ
      zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu š-šahawāti mina n-nisāʔi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-ḵayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʔanʕāmi wa-l-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʕu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʕindahu ḥusnu l-maʔābi
      Beautified for men is the love of things they covet, women, children, heaped-up wealth of gold and silver, branded beautiful horses, cattle and cropland. This is the pleasure of the present world’s life, but Allah has the finest return with Him.

Declension

Declension of noun قِنْطَار (qinṭār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِنْطَار
qinṭār 		الْقِنْطَار
al-qinṭār 		قِنْطَار
qinṭār
Nominative قِنْطَارٌ
qinṭārun 		الْقِنْطَارُ
al-qinṭāru 		قِنْطَارُ
qinṭāru
Accusative قِنْطَارًا
qinṭāran 		الْقِنْطَارَ
al-qinṭāra 		قِنْطَارَ
qinṭāra
Genitive قِنْطَارٍ
qinṭārin 		الْقِنْطَارِ
al-qinṭāri 		قِنْطَارِ
qinṭāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِنْطَارَيْن
qinṭārayn 		الْقِنْطَارَيْن
al-qinṭārayn 		قِنْطَارَيْ
qinṭāray
Nominative قِنْطَارَانِ
qinṭārāni 		الْقِنْطَارَانِ
al-qinṭārāni 		قِنْطَارَا
qinṭārā
Accusative قِنْطَارَيْنِ
qinṭārayni 		الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ
al-qinṭārayni 		قِنْطَارَيْ
qinṭāray
Genitive قِنْطَارَيْنِ
qinṭārayni 		الْقِنْطَارَيْنِ
al-qinṭārayni 		قِنْطَارَيْ
qinṭāray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَنَاطِير
qanāṭīr 		الْقَنَاطِير
al-qanāṭīr 		قَنَاطِير
qanāṭīr
Nominative قَنَاطِيرُ
qanāṭīru 		الْقَنَاطِيرُ
al-qanāṭīru 		قَنَاطِيرُ
qanāṭīru
Accusative قَنَاطِيرَ
qanāṭīra 		الْقَنَاطِيرَ
al-qanāṭīra 		قَنَاطِيرَ
qanāṭīra
Genitive قَنَاطِيرَ
qanāṭīra 		الْقَنَاطِيرِ
al-qanāṭīri 		قَنَاطِيرِ
qanāṭīri

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: qantar
  • Moroccan Arabic: قنطار (qanṭār)
  • → Azerbaijani: qantar
  • → Crimean Tatar: qantar
  • → English: kantar
  • → Italian: cantaro
  • → Medieval Latin: quintāle
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قنطار (kantar) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: قنطار (qentâr)

References

  • Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “hundredweight, quintal”), itself from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

قنطار • (kantar)

  1. kantar, hundredweight, quintal, a unit of weight used in various Eastern Mediterranean countries
  2. steelyard, a transportable balance with unequal arm lengths which incorporates a sliding counterweight
    Synonym: قپان (kapan)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).

Noun

قنطار • (qentâr) (plural قناطیر)

  1. kantar
  2. hundredweight, quintal
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