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Albanian vs Qintar - What's the difference?

albanian | qintar |

As nouns the difference between albanian and qintar

is that albanian is while qintar is (plural: qindarka ''or'' qintars ) an albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.

albanian

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) Albanien, from (etyl) . Compare Old Albanian arbër, arbën 'Albanian'.

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Albania or of Albanian descent.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo. (ISO language codes: alb/sqi/sq (Tosk), aln (Gheg), aat (Arvanitika), aae ())
  • Synonyms
    * Albanese

    See also

    * (sq) * Language list *

    Etymology 2

    From

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Caucasian Albania, to its people or language.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of Caucasian Albania. Udi people are descended from them.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken by these people. Udi language is descended from it.
  • Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (central New York) of or from the city of Albany, New York State
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (central New York) Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.
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    qintar

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (plural: qindarka ''or'' qintars ) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek.
  • (plural: qintars ) 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.
  • * 2002 , Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
  • For all its squalor qintars''''' and '''''qintars of gold dust are traded there.
  • * 2005 , Muhammad Khalid Masud, Rudolph Peters, David Stephan Powers, Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and their judgments
  • [...] who offered 190 piasters per year for rent, 20 piasters more than the other, plus half a qintar of pomegranates.

    References

    * 1980 , Khalid Ikram, Egypt, Economic Management in a Period of Transition . * 1988 , Robért Dán, Occident and Orient: a tribute to the memory of Alexander Scheiber . English words containing Q not followed by U ----