musnud

[ muhs-nuhd ]

noun

1. a seat or throne of cushions used by Indian princes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of musnud¹

First recorded in 1755–65; from Urdu, from Arabic masnad “cushion”

Example Sentences

On his accession to the musnud, five years ago, he placed a half-brother there, a stupid fellow, about twenty-five years of age.

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It is well said!” answered the pacha, rising from his musnud or carpet of state: “the moon is up—when all is ready we will proceed.”

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That is the man we want on the musnud; not a young prince, of whom we can only say that he was kindly.

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Thus we learn from the writer that a ‘musnud,’ which in Byron’s day was a sofa, now signifies a nightingale. 

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She had a son who had been placed upon the musnud after the death of his father, Sujah Dowlah, and had been appointed his guardian.

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