maund.
A wicker basket.
Meaning & usage
A wicker basket.
A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
A handbasket with two lids.
Where this word 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.
A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.
Where this word 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.
Begging.
Where this word comes from
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
To beg.
To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.
Where this word comes from
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
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