maund
A wicker basketA wicker basket.
Meaning
5 sensesA wicker basket.
A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries
(regional)A handbasket with two lids.
A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.
манman, ма́ундmáund
(archaic, uncountable)Begging.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from MiddleFrom Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.
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.
Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).
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