Kantar
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A kantar is the official Egyptian weight unit for measuring cotton. It corresponds to the US hundredweight, and is roughly equal to 99.05 pounds, or 45.02 kilograms. It is equal to either 157 kilograms of seed cotton or 50 kilograms of lint cotton.[1]
Etymology
The word entered English language in the 16th century, derived from Arabic qintār, from Late Greek kentēnarion (a weight of 100 pounds), from Late Latin centēnārium (from centum, 'hundred').[2]
See also
- Pound (mass)#Byzantine litra for Greek kentēnarion (κεντηνάριον, 'hundredweight')
- Centenarium#Etymology for etymology of Latin centenarium ('containing one hundred', 'hundredfold')
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Look up kantar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Nation in Brief". Business Today Egypt. January 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."kantar". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved 2025-09-21 – via collinsdictionary.com.
