Kantar

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The triliteral root qāf nūn ṭā rā (ق ن ط ر) occurs in the Quran 4 times.

Kantar (Arab. قنطار) - a measure of weight used in various countries of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. At present, it is almost out of use, although it was sometimes used in Egypt and Sudan.

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ‎ (qanṭīrā), ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ‎ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium ("hundredweight"), from Avestan satəm ("hundred"), from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

English - centner, Lower German - zentner, Русский - центнер, also "сотня, сто" ("hundred").

In The Quran

(3:75) Among the people of the book are those whom if you entrust him with a kantar (Arab. بِقِنْطَارٍ, biqinṭārin), he gives it back to you, and there are those whom if you entrust with one dinar, he will not return it to you unless you are standing over him. That is because they said, "We have no obligation towards the Gentiles." They say about God lies while knowing.

(3:14) It has been adorned for people to love the desire of women, buildings, and reserved kantars (Arab. وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنْطَرَةِ, wal-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati) of gold and silver, trained horses, the livestock, and fields. These are the enjoyment of the world, and with God is the best place of return.

(4:20) If you wish to replace one mate instead of another, and you have given one of them a kantar (Arab. قِنْطَارًا, qinṭāran), then do not take anything from it. Would you take it by falsehood while it is clearly a sin?