maund
/mɔːnd
/noun Indian
1A woven basket: a maund of rice...
- It is said that Sikander collected by these methods about three Khirwars (six maunds) of sacred threads and burnt them.
- A ‘standard acre’ was defined as that amount of land which could yield 10 to 11 maunds of rice.
- There is a saying in Oriya: ‘collect sixty maunds of ghee, only then will Radha dance’.
1.1A measure of capacity or of weight, equivalent to about 38 kilograms.
Origin
Old English mand, reinforced by Old French mande, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mand.