maund

[ mawnd ]

noun

1. a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).

maund

/ mɔːnd /

noun

1. a unit of weight used in Asia, esp India, having different values in different localities. A common value in India is 82 pounds or 37 kilograms

Word History and Origins

Origin of maund¹

1575–85; < Hindi mān < Sanskrit māna

Word History and Origins

Origin of maund¹

C17: from Hindi man, from Sanskrit manā

Example Sentences

He said the varieties in trials are producing 40 maund of cotton per acre – at least a third higher than normal cotton harvests – and cutting water use by 30 percent.

From Reuters

When dawn came Mizi and that girl took counsel together, and then Mizi went to the Sultan and said to him, "Give me three tins of oil and ten maunds of firewood."

From Project Gutenberg

Wherever you can get two maunds of wine, Set to, and drink it like a libertine; Whoso acts thus will set his spirit free From saintly airs like yours, and grief like mine.

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Why don’t you come with us to an abundant feast provided for us by a pious lady, who scatters many maunds of pulse on the roof of her house for the benefit of our race?

From Project Gutenberg

All books, forms, and articles of stock should be packed in the prescribed mule trunks, each of which, when packed, should not exceed one maund in weight.

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