mohur
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mohur
1690–1700; earlier muhr < Urdu < Persian: seal, gold coin; akin to Sanskrit mudrā
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The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
But with whom was the single mohur to remain?
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
He receives, however, in his turn a gold mohur.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
Besides possessing this quality, the mohur is useful as a poultice-when mashed and mixed with water; and the Somali always have recourse to it when badly wounded.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
But outside the ghat, where a golden mohur tree cast a wide shadow across the road there was a large crowd sitting and standing in rings around an absolutely naked, ash-smeared religious fanatic.
From Caves of Terror by Talbot Mundy
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