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maund¹
- /mɔːnd/ UK
- /mɔnd/ US
- /mɑnd/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.
noun maunds · mand · mande · mawn · mond
- A wicker basket.
- A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
- A handbasket with two lids.
maund²
- /mɔːnd/ UK
- /mɔnd/ US
- /mɑnd/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːnd
Where it comes from
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.
noun maunds · mun · man
- A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location. Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz, and a hundred lakhs of maunds slide across that big bridge.
maund³
- /mɔːnd/ UK
- /mɔnd/ US
- /mɑnd/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːnd
Where it comes from
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
noun
- Begging.
verb maunds · maunding · maunded
- To beg. He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
- To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.
Maund⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "maund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maund. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. maund. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maund "maund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maund.Cite this
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title = {maund},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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