Kwart · ¼ ratal
A quarter of the historical ratal, here about 198.45 g. The secondary reference reports this meaning alongside a quarter of an uqija. It is not a quarter kilogram or the liquid kwarta.
Convert with this measure ↗Historical use
A quarter of the historical ratal, here about 198.45 g. The secondary reference reports this meaning alongside a quarter of an uqija. It is not a quarter kilogram or the liquid kwarta.
The ratal is a historical weight divided into 30 uqija. A qantar contains 100 ratal. These are not the English pound and ounce.
Alternative names
kwartkwartiquarter ratal
Relationships between measures
4 quarter-ratal units = 1 ratal.
Variations & cautions
Historical weight; secondary-reported definition using the rounded ratal basis
Official tables also use Rotolo, Ounce, Pesa and Cantar. The converter uses a rounded ratal of 0.7938 kg; extra displayed digits do not add historical certainty.
A calculation can be mathematically precise while its historical equivalence remains approximate. Each variant here carries its context and sources. Displaying more decimal places does not make a rounded value more certain.
Worked conversions
- 1 × Kwart · ¼ ratal≈ 0.19845 kg
- 2 × Kwart · ¼ ratal≈ 0.3969 kg
- 10 × Kwart · ¼ ratal≈ 1.9845 kg
Example: amount × factor = metric equivalent. Calculations use the full stored factor and round only for display.
One weight, different words.
Official tables also use Rotolo, Ounce, Pesa and Cantar. The converter uses a rounded ratal of 0.7938 kg; extra displayed digits do not add historical certainty.
- Ratal
- ≈ 793.8 g
- Uqija
- ≈ 26.46 g
Sources & method
- Unitajiet ta’ kejl Maltin — Wikipedija ↗
Starting point for names and meanings; not a sole authority.
- Wiktionary — kwart ↗
Kwart as one of four equal parts; the whole being divided must be known.
- Malta Blue Book 1935 — Weights and Measures, section 19 ↗
Historical tables in the NSO archive. Digitised text contains errors; values here are qualified approximations.