name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
maund
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /mɔːnd/
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General-American: /mɔnd/
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cot-caught-merger: /mɑnd/
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rhymes with -ɔːnd
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CMU ARPABET: M AO1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A wicker basket.
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noun
Meaning 3
A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
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noun
Meaning 4
A handbasket with two lids.
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Usage: regional
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noun
Meaning 5
A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.
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noun
Meaning 6
begging
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
to beg
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Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 8
To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 9
a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois
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Broader terms: weight unit, weight
History
Etymology
From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.
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.
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akkadian: 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû) — unit of mass
- Arabic: مَنّ (mann) — unit of mass
- Assamese: মোন (mün) — unit of mass
- Bengali: মন (mon) — unit of mass
- Gujarati: મણ (maṇ) — unit of mass
- Hindi: मन (man) — unit of mass
- Kashmiri: मन् (man) — unit of mass
- Malayalam: മന്ന് (mannŭ) — unit of mass
- Marathi: मण (maṇ) — unit of mass
- Nepali: मन् (man) — unit of mass
- Pashto: من (man) — unit of mass
- Persian: من (man) — unit of mass
- Portuguese: mane — unit of mass
- Russian: ман (man) — unit of mass
- Russian: ма́унд (máund) — unit of mass
- Sanskrit: मान (māna) — unit of mass
- Tamil: மடங்கு (maṭaṅku) — unit of mass
- Telugu: మణుగు (maṇugu) — unit of mass
- Urdu: من (man) — unit of mass