قنطار

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قنطار

/qin.tˤaːr/
/qan.tˤaːr/ Moroccan

Where it comes from

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

noun قِنْطَار · qinṭār · قَنَاطِير · الْقِنْطَار

hundredweight, quintal, kantar (a weight measure, usually the largest and dividing to 100 رَطْل (raṭl)) وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَابِ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ إِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّهِ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَائِمًا
obsolete 6000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 256.4 kg
obsolete 150 رَطْل (raṭl) – 67.5 kg
obsolete 36 أُقَّة (ʔuqqa) – 133+¹⁄₃ وِقِيّة (wiqiyya) – 230,400 قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) – 44.93 kg
obsolete 40 أُقَّة (ʔuqqa) – 51.28 kg
obsolete 2000 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 53.9 kg
obsolete 2400 وُقِيّة (wuqiyya) – 81.912 kg
obsolete 50.75 kg
figuratively wealth, great possessions زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَاطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَامِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَآبِ

In English

hundredweight unit of one hundred pounds
kantar unit of weight

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قنطار},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}