The term numdah or numnah, which is applied to felt saddle-cloths, is derived from a Hindustani word that signifies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

A stout numdah of this kind can be used with a high withered animal, and a thin one with a horse which has thick withers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

As a substitute for a panel, Messrs. Champion and Wilton have devised a numdah lined with spongio-piline and covered with linen, to be used with.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

Although the fitting of the saddle should as far as practicable be limited to the adjustment of the shape of the tree and to regulating the amount of stuffing in the panel; the use of a numdah with a saddle which does not fit the horse or which is not sufficiently stuffed, is often a valuable makeshift when necessity gives no other choice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference

Other examples of the same phenomenon include: chokey ` customs station 'and chowk ` marketplace,' from cauki ` marketplace '; mulmul (see above) and mull ` soft thin muslin,' from malmal (see above); pandit ` scholar; man held in high respect 'and pundit ` very learned; authoritative commentator,' from pandit ` wise, learned '; and numdah ` thick felt rug' and numnah.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1] Reference

The following videoclip shows 13-year old Sameer Mishra correctly spelling the word numnah, which is another word for numdah and means coarse felt, a horse’s saddle pad made from this or an embroidered rug made from this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference

Next on the steed he laid the numdah square.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Light of Asia] Reference