mo·hur

(mō′ər, mə-ho͝or′)

A gold coin, equal to 15 rupees, that was used in British India in the 1800s and early 1900s.

[Hindi muhr, gold coin, seal, from Persian; akin to Sanskrit mudrā, seal; see mudra.]

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mohur

(ˈməʊhə)

(Currencies) a former Indian gold coin worth 15 rupees

[C17: from Hindi]

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mo•hur

(ˈmoʊ hər)

n.

a gold coin of British India.

[1690–1700; earlier muhr < Urdu < Persian: seal, gold coin; akin to Skt mudrā]

Translations

م‍ﮩ‍ر

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The saplings include those of teak, gum-kino (Padauk), Mahogany wood, Thin Win (Burmese wood), gold mohur tree and Burmese star flower.

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Amir Javed (M/s Gold Mohur Corporation); Mohammad Khalid (M/s Osama corporation); Naser Wahab (Ms/Five Star Enterprises) and Shahid Shafiq (M/s Shahid Shafiq) were said to had filed their nomination papers as associated members.

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Nahdi had reportedly planned a pair of simultaneous bombings on the Aden Movenpick hotel and at a resort hotel, the Gold Mohur after he was tipped off by his sources about the Marines stay there.

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The animals were housed in larger spacious cages and they were fed with commercial pelleted rat chow marketed by Hindustan Lever Ltd., Bangalore, India, under the trade name Gold Mohur Rat Feed and had free access to water ad labium.

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