mohur

[moh-her]

mo·hur

[moh-her]
noun
any of various gold coins of India, introduced in the 16th century by various Mogul princes and later used by the British as the standard gold coin of India.

Origin:
1690–1700; earlier muhr < Urdu < Persian: seal, gold coin; akin to Sanskrit mudrā
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Mohur is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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mohur (ˈməʊhə)
 
n
a former Indian gold coin worth 15 rupees
 
[C17: from Hindi]

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