Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9312

1040.—“The Amír said:—‘Let us keep fair measure, and fill the cups evenly.’ . . . Each goblet contained half a *man*.”—*Baihakī*, *ibid.* ii. 144.