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maund

UK/mɔːnd/ US/mɔnd/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries

  • “the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois”

Origin

From Hindi मन (man) / Urdu من (man), and their source, Persian من, from Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû). The -d is probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.

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