kantar

• cantar, qantar

From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār). Doublet of centenary, centner, and quintal.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɑ/

kantar (plural kantars)

1. a unit of weight used in Eastern Mediterranean countries, varying from place to place (44.93 kg in Egypt)

• tranka

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/ [kʌnˈtʌɾ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧tar

kantár m

1. (Southern dialects) synonym of kimbíxxa

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “kantar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Borrowed from Esperanto kanti, Latin cantō, Italian cantare, Spanish cantar.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/

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

1. (transitive) to sing

• kantisto

• cantar

Inherited from Old Spanish cantar (“to sing”), from Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere. Cognate with English chant.

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kantar m (Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)^[1]

1. singing
   • 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, קורס לספרדית־יהודית (לאדינו) למתקדמים‎^[1], Merkaz Eliacher, Universidad Ben-Gurion en el Negev, page 78:

     Le gusta al azno su gritar, komo al bilbil su kantar.

     The donkey likes its shouting, as the nightingale [likes] its singing.

kantar (Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)^[1]

1. (ambitransitive) to sing
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[2], Editions Vidas Largas, page 133:

     De Selanik, i de otras sivdas, le mandaron la romansa tal komo la kantavan dainda i ke seguia byen la traduksyon franseza.

     From Salonica and other cities, they instructed the ballad to one just like they were still singing it and it closely followed the French translation.

Ladino conjugation varies by dialect. The following table is a general overview.

kantar m

1. indefinite plural of kant

• kentar (Masovian Borderland)

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tar/

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• Rhymes: -antar
• Syllabification: kan‧tar

kantar m inan

1. halter (animal's headgear)

• kantar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kantar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

kȁntār m anim (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. sea bream

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

kȁntār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. halter
2. bridle

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

kàntār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нта̄р)

1. steelyard
2. kantar

kantar

1. present indicative of kanta

• kantra, kartan, tankar

From Ottoman Turkish قنطار (kantar), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium.

• IPA^(key): /kan.tɐɾ/

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

1. steelyard, or a scale in general

• kantarcı