maund

American  

[mawnd] / mɔnd /

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).

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maund British  

/ mɔːnd /

noun

1. a unit of weight used in Asia, esp India, having different values in different localities. A common value in India is 82 pounds or 37 kilograms

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Etymology

Origin of maund

1575–85; < Hindi mān < Sanskrit māna

Example Sentences

In such a case, too, his accuser is fined a maund of gold.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

Three sorts of Lahore indigo, being the best of all, the best, thirty-six, the second, thirty, and the third, twenty-four rupees for a maund weighing fifty-five pounds.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

Tin, the small maund, of twenty-five pounds, five and a half dollars.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

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

From A New Orchard And Garden or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England by Lawson, William, fl. 1618