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kantar (iou)



kantar noun. [kan't¨»:] Also cantar. M16.
[Arab. &kdbelow;inar, pl. &kdbelow;anair, from (prob. through Syriac qanter) Latin centenarius CENTENARY. Cf. QUINTAL, Old French quantar, canter, medieval Latin cantar(i)um, Italian cantaro.]
An Arab unit of weight having wide local variations, but in Egypt equal to about 45 kg.