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Definition maund

Etymology 1

From Middle English maunde, mande, from Old English mand, mond (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *mand? (“basket”). Cognate with Dutch mand, Low German mande, archaic German Mande, later influenced by Anglo-Norman and Middle French mande (< Germanic). Related to mannequin.

Noun

maund (plural maunds)

  1. A wicker basket.
  2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
  3. (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 Arabic ????‎ (mann), Persian ??‎ (man) or Sanskrit ??? (m?na). Sanskrit has a verb root ??- (m?-), "to measure". Possibly cognate with Hebrew ???‎ (maneh) and Ancient Greek ??? (mnâ, “mina”).

Noun

maund (plural maunds)

  1. (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.

Etymology 3

Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang, "to beg".

Noun

maund (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) begging
Verb

maund (third-person singular simple present maunds, present participle maunding, simple past and past participle maunded)

  1. (archaic) to beg
  2. (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

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