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maund

noun
/mɔːnd/UK/mɔnd/US/mɑnd/

Etymology

From Hindi मन (man) / Urdu من (man), and their source, Persian من, from Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû). The -d is probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.

  1. derived from *mandu✻
  2. derived from *manda✻
  3. derived from mande
  4. derived from mande
  5. inherited from maunde

Definitions

  1. A wicker basket.

  2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

  3. A handbasket with two lids.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.

      • Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz, and a hundred lakhs of maunds slide across that big bridge.
      • One mann or maund is approximately 37.32 kilograms.

    2. begging

    3. to beg

      • He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
      • You must hereafter maund on your own pads

    4. To mutter

      To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

    5. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA