kantar

See also: kantár and кантар

English

Alternative forms

• cantar, qantar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɑ/

Noun

kantar (plural kantars)

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

Translations

unit of weight

• Arabic: قِنْطَار m (qinṭār)
• Maltese: qantar m
• Persian: قنطار (fa) (qentâr)
• Polish: kantar (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ка̀нта̄р m

  Latin: kàntār (sh) m

• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: قنطار (kantar)

Anagrams

• tranka

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቅንጥር (ḳənṭər).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kantár m

1. (Southern dialects) synonym of kimbíxxa

Declension

Declension of kantár
absolutive	kantár
predicative	kantára
subjective	kantár
genitive	kantár
Postpositioned forms l-case kantáral k-case kantárak t-case kantárat h-case kantárah

References

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

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtar/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of kantar

		present		past		future
infinitive		kantar		kantir		kantor
tense		kantas		kantis		kantos
conditional		kantus		—		—
imperative		kantez		—		—
adjective active participle		kantanta		kantinta		kantonta
adverbial active participle		kantante		kantinte		kantonte
nominal active participle	singular	kantanto		kantinto		kantonto
	plural	kantanti		kantinti		kantonti
adjective passive participle		kantata		kantita		kantota
adverbial passive participle		kantate		kantite		kantote
nominal passive participle	singular	kantato		kantito		kantoto
	plural	kantati		kantiti		kantoti

Derived terms

• kantisto

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cantar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Spain):

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Noun

kantar m (Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)

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.

Verb

kantar (Hebrew spelling קאנטאר)

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.

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of kantar (regular ending in -ar)

Infinitive	Simple	kantar
	Compound	aver kantado
Gerund	Simple	kantando
	Compound	aviendo kantado
Present Participle		kantante
Past Participle		Singular			Plural
	Masculine	kantado			kantados
	Femenine	kantada			kantadas
Person		Singular			Plural
		First	Second	Third	First	Second	Third
Indicative		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	Present	kanto	kantas	kanta	kantamos	kantásh	kantan
	Imperfect	kantava	kantavas	kantava	kantávamos	kantávash	kantavan
	Preterite	kantí	kantates	kantó	kantimos	kantatesh	kantaron
	Future	kantaré	kantarás	kantará	kantaremos	kantarésh kantarásh1	kantarán
Subjunctive		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	Present	kante	kantes	kante	kantemos	kantésh	kanten
	Imperfect	kantara	kantaras	kantara	kantáramos	kantárash	kantaran
Conditional		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	—	kantaría	kantarías	kantaría	kantaríamos	kantaríash	kantarían
Imperative		—	tu	—	mozotros	vozotros	—
	Affirmative		kanta		kantemos	kantá kantad
	Negative		no kantes		no kantemos	no kantésh

1. Future forms ending in -ash are more common in speech than in writing.

Related terms

• kantador

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kantar m

1. indefinite plural of kant

Polish

Alternative forms

• kentar (Masovian Borderland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -antar
• Syllabification: kan‧tar

Noun

kantar m inan

1. halter (animal's headgear)

Declension

Declension of kantar

	singular	plural
nominative	kantar	kantary
genitive	kantara	kantarów
dative	kantarowi	kantarom
accusative	kantar	kantary
instrumental	kantarem	kantarami
locative	kantarze	kantarach
vocative	kantarze	kantary

Further reading

• “kantar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kantar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kȁntār m anim (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. sea bream

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian kantár, from Turkic.

Noun

kȁntār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏нта̄р)

1. halter
2. bridle

Etymology 3

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

Noun

kàntār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нта̄р)

1. steelyard
2. kantar

Swedish

Verb

kantar

1. present indicative of kanta

Anagrams

• kantra, kartan, tankar

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.tɐɾ/

Noun

kantar (definite accusative kantarı, plural kantarlar)

1. steelyard, or a scale in general

Derived terms

• kantarcı