मुंड
Garhwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).
Noun
मुंड (muṇḍ) m
Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुण्ड (muṇḍa). Doublet of मुंडा (muṇḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊɳɖ/, [mʊ̃ɳɖ]
Proper noun
मुंड • (muṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling منڈ) (Hinduism)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | मुंड muṇḍ |
| oblique | मुंड muṇḍ |
| vocative | मुंड muṇḍ |
Noun
मुंड • (muṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling منڈ) (rare, formal)
- a man with a shaven head, bald-headed man
- the trunk of a lopped tree
- a barber
- a shaven head
- any head
- iron
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मुंड muṇḍ |
मुंड muṇḍ |
| oblique | मुंड muṇḍ |
मुंडों muṇḍõ |
| vocative | मुंड muṇḍ |
मुंडो muṇḍo |
Adjective
मुंड • (muṇḍ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منڈ)
- shaved, bald, having the head shaved or the hair shorn
- having no horns, hornless
- pointless, blunt
- low, mean
References
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “मुंड”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुंड”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press