(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 PowerFor 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.
