User Contributed Dictionary
Verb
kantar- present tense of kanta
Turkish
Noun
- scale (device)
Extensive Definition
A kantar is the official Egyptian
weight unit for measuring cotton. It corresponds to the
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.