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Meaning of qintar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
  2. A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.

Examples

“For all its squalor qintars and qintars of gold dust are traded there.”
“[…] who offered 190 piasters per year for rent, 20 piasters more than the other, plus half a qintar of pomegranates.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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