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Where does “ղանթար” come from?

ղանթար (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنطار, from Arabic قِنْطَار, from Syriac qanṭīrā, from Greek κεντηνάριον, from Latin centenarium, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.

ղանթար (Armenian): big scales in a marketplace; marketplace

Definitions

  1. big scales in a marketplace; marketplace

Ancestry of “ղանթար”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقنطارkantar; steelyard; hundredweight, quintal
2Arabicقِنْطَار{{l|en|hundredweight}}
3Syriacqanṭīrā—
4Greekκεντηνάριον—
5Latincentenariumnominative neuter singular of centēnārius;...
6Latincentuma hundred; 100
7Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
8Proto-Italic*foljom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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