मुंड

Garhwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).

Noun

मुंड (muṇḍ) m

  1. head
    Synonym: कपाळ (kapāḷ)

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुण्ड (muṇḍa). Doublet of मुंडा (muṇḍā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mʊɳɖ/, [mʊ̃ɳɖ]

Proper noun

मुंड • (muṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling منڈ) (Hinduism)

  1. name of Rahu
  2. name of a Daitya

Declension

Noun

मुंड • (muṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling منڈ) (rare, formal)

  1. a man with a shaven head, bald-headed man
  2. the trunk of a lopped tree
  3. a barber
    Synonyms: नापित (nāpit), नाई (nāī), हज्जाम (hajjām)
  4. a shaven head
  5. any head
    Synonyms: शिर (śir), शीश (śīś), सिर (sir), सर (sar), शीर्ष (śīrṣ)
  6. iron
    Synonyms: लोह (loh), लोहा (lohā)

Declension

Adjective

मुंड • (muṇḍ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منڈ)

  1. shaved, bald, having the head shaved or the hair shorn
  2. having no horns, hornless
  3. pointless, blunt
  4. low, mean

References

  1. Platts, John T. (1884) “मुंड”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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