maund
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle English maunde, mande, from Old English mand, mond (“basket”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mandō (“basket”). Cognate with Dutch mand, Low German mande, archaic German Mande, later influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French mande (< (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.). Related to mannequin.
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Noun
maund (plural maunds)
- A wicker basket.
- A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
- (regional) A handbasket with two lids.
Etymology 2
Anglicised pronunciation of a word in many southern and western Asian languages. The -d probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.
Original root is unclear, but may be (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مَنّ (mann), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian من (man) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit मान (māna). (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit has a verb root मा- (mā-), "to measure".
Possibly cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew מנה (maneh) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mina”).
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Noun
maund (plural maunds)
- (historical) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 410:
- Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz, and a hundred lakhs of maunds slide across that big bridge.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 410:
Usage notes
This spelling (maund) is usually used for the unit in British India, equal to 25 pounds avoirdupois at Madras, 28 pounds avoirdupois at Bombay and 10 troy pounds at Calcutta. For the equivalent unit in the Mughal Empire and in Persian- and Arabic-speaking countries, it is more usual to use the spelling mun or man (italicised to show that the word has not been assimilated into English).
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Etymology 3
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
Noun
maund (uncountable)
Verb
maund (third-person singular simple present maunds, present participle maunding, simple past and past participle maunded)
- (archaic) to beg
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.
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