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Particularly: “"The word is Telegu maṇjāḷi; in Tamil maṇjāḍi, ; the seed of the Adenanthera pavonina"”
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Noun
mangelin (plural mangelins)
- (India, obsolete or historical) A weight used to weigh precious stones, weighing more than a carat, usually 1¾ carats.
1687, Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell, The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant, volume 3, page 98:The chief weight of Diamonds, is the Mangelin; it weighs five Grains and three fifths, and the Carat weighs only four grains, and five Mangelins make seven Carats.
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