Wiktionary

मुंड

Garhwali edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).

Noun edit

मुंड (muṇḍ) m

  1. head
    Synonym: कपाळ (kapāḷ)

Hindi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

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

  1. name of Rahu
  2. name of a Daitya

Declension edit

Declension of मुंड (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct मुंड
muṇḍ
oblique मुंड
muṇḍ
vocative मुंड
muṇḍ

Noun edit

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 edit

Declension of मुंड (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मुंड
muṇḍ 		मुंड
muṇḍ
oblique मुंड
muṇḍ 		मुंडों
muṇḍõ
vocative मुंड
muṇḍ 		मुंडो
muṇḍo

Adjective edit

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 edit

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

Further reading edit

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