kantar

 [kahn-tahr]  

kan·tar

   [kahn-tahr]
noun
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
Origin:
1545–55; < Arabic qinṭar ≪ Latin centenārium; see quintal
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kantar (kænˈtɑː)
 
—n
a unit of weight used in E Mediterranean countries, equivalent to 100 pounds or 45 kilograms but varying from place to place
 
[C16: from Arabic qintār, from Late Greek kentēnarion weight of a hundred pounds, from Late Latin centēnārium, from centum hundred]

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