kantarn.

/kanˈtɑː/

Forms: Also 1600s kintar, 1600s– cantar.

Etymology: < Arabic qintār, plural qanātīr , < (probably through Syriac) Latin centēnārium centenary n. In Old French quantar , canter , medieval Latin cantār(i)um (Du Cange), Italian cantáro . The form qintār is represented by Old French quintar , Spanish quintal and French quintal , quintal n.(Spanish cántara, cántaro, a wine-measure, is unconnected.)

A weight, properly 100 (Arabic) pounds, but varying considerably in different parts of the Mediterranean; also, a vessel containing this weight of any article.

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kantar1555

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1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229 One Cantar is a hundreth pounde weight.

1615 W. Bedwell Arabian Trudgman in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. N2^v, at Rethl Now an hundred Rethels do make a Cantar, or Kintar as some do pronounce it, that is, an hundred weight.

1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. xvii. 343 Mortars..to throw a hundred cantars of cannon-ball or stones.

1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 488 Vessels sailing under the Turkish flag are paid about one third less for their freight, computed per Kantar.

1894 Times 6 Nov. 5/6 The Egyptian cotton crop is estimated at nearly 5,500,000 kantars (the kantar = 99 lb.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	kantar
释义	kantarn. /kanˈtɑː/ Forms: Also 1600s kintar, 1600s– cantar. Etymology: < Arabic qintār, plural qanātīr , < (probably through Syriac) Latin centēnārium centenary n. In Old French quantar , canter , medieval Latin cantār(i)um (Du Cange), Italian cantáro . The form qintār is represented by Old French quintar , Spanish quintal and French quintal , quintal n.(Spanish cántara, cántaro, a wine-measure, is unconnected.) A weight, properly 100 (Arabic) pounds, but varying considerably in different parts of the Mediterranean; also, a vessel containing this weight of any article. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit in Mediterranean countries kantar1555 cantar1727 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229 One Cantar is a hundreth pounde weight. 1615 W. Bedwell Arabian Trudgman in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. N2^v, at Rethl Now an hundred Rethels do make a Cantar, or Kintar as some do pronounce it, that is, an hundred weight. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. xvii. 343 Mortars..to throw a hundred cantars of cannon-ball or stones. 1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 488 Vessels sailing under the Turkish flag are paid about one third less for their freight, computed per Kantar. 1894 Times 6 Nov. 5/6 The Egyptian cotton crop is estimated at nearly 5,500,000 kantars (the kantar = 99 lb.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1555
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