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/kin tahr"/, n.a money of account of Albania, the 100th part of a lek.Also, qindar /kin dahr"/.[1925-30; < Albanian]
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Qintar — refers to: * an Albanian unit of currency equal to 1/100 of a Lek * the name used in the Arabic world for the quintal, a unit of mass … Wikipedia
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qintar — noun (plural qindarka; also qintars or qindars) Etymology: Albanian Date: circa 1929 see lek at money table … New Collegiate Dictionary
qintar — [ kɪntα:] noun (plural same, qintars, or qindarka) a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one hundredth of a lek. Origin from Albanian qindar, from qind hundred … English new terms dictionary
qintar — qin·tar … English syllables
qintar — qin•tar [[t]kɪnˈtɑr[/t]] also qin•dar [[t] ˈdɑr[/t]] n. pl. tars, tar also dars, dar num a monetary unit of Albania, equal to 1/100 of the lek • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
qintar — noun 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania • Syn: ↑qindarka • Hypernyms: ↑Albanian monetary unit • Part Holonyms: ↑lek … Useful english dictionary
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