MAUND

Maund

The maund is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia and Arabia: the same unit in the Moghul Empire was sometimes written as mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire and Central Asia was called the batman. At different times, and in different South Asian localities, the mass of the maund has varied, from as low as 25 pounds to as high as 160 pounds : even greater variation is seen in Persia and Arabia.

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maund

Noun

  1. A wicker basket.
  2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. 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.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. begging

Verb

  1. to beg
  2. To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.


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