قنطر

From قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “hundredweight”). Together the words form a root ق ن ط ر (q-n-ṭ-r).

• IPA^(key): /qan.tˤa.ra/

قَنْطَرَ • (qanṭara) Iq (non-past يُقَنْطِرُ (yuqanṭiru), verbal noun قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara))

1. to heap up great possessions; to own great wealth
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:14:

     زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ 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-nisāʾi wālbanīna wal-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina ḏ-ḏahabi wal-fiḍḍati wal-ḵayli l-musawwamati wal-ʾanʿāmi wal-ḥarṯi ḏālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wal-lāhu ʿindahu ḥusnu l-maʾābi

     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.

From قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara, “arch; vault”). Together the words form a root ق ن ط ر (q-n-ṭ-r).

• IPA^(key): /qan.tˤa.ra/

قَنْطَرَ • (qanṭara) Iq (non-past يُقَنْطِرُ (yuqanṭiru), verbal noun قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara))

1. to vault, to arch over

From Arabic قَنْطَرَ (qanṭara).

• IPA^(key): /qantˤar/

قنطر • (qanṭar) Iq (non-past يقنطر (yqanṭar))

1. to put on weight