musnud
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of musnud
First recorded in 1755–65; from Urdu, from Arabic masnad “cushion”
Example Sentences
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The Dutch thought it of so much consequence as to keep a force at Songo, and to place the present rajah on that musnud.
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It is well said!” answered the pacha, rising from his musnud or carpet of state: “the moon is up—when all is ready we will proceed.”
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A descendant of the Rajah of Mysore, whose government Hyder Ali had usurped, was released from captivity and raised to the musnud.
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Thus we learn from the writer that a ‘musnud,’ which in Byron’s day was a sofa, now signifies a nightingale.
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She had a son who had been placed upon the musnud after the death of his father, Sujah Dowlah, and had been appointed his guardian.
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