Definitions for maund

maund maund

Spelling: [mawnd]
IPA: /mɔnd/

Maund is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in maund (admnu).

Definitions for maund

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).

Origin of maund

1575-85; Hindi mān Sanskrit māna

Examples for maund

From the slowness with which it flows, I should consider half a maund to be a fair average for each bleeding.

maund, mawnd, n. a measure of weight in India, its value varying in different places from about 25 to about 85 pounds avoirdupois.

The alms-basket was also called a maund, and those who partook of its contents maunders.

Such a man carried the sandal one maund of sandal and 20 tolas of camphor, rejoicing that he would lay them on Gopal!

In Almorah a maund of rice or mundooa sells for something less than a rupee; barley for eight annas; and wheat for a rupee.

An elephant can carry a weight of ten or twelve maunds—a maund being equal to eighty pounds.

If horses were to eat in the same ratio they would require at least a maund of oats per diem to keep them in health!

Objections may also be raised against Gad, maund, and many other of these parallels.

If seuerall sorts of apples be packt in one maund or basket, then betweene euery sort, lay sweet strawe of a pretty thicknesse.

There being 40 Bengl sers to the man, Bburs word mnbn seems to be another name for the man or maund.

Word Value for maund
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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