मुंडा

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुण्डा (muṇḍā) — less common

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊɳ.ɖɑː/, [mʊ̃ɳ.ɖäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मुण्डक (muṇḍaka). Doublet of मुंड (muṇḍ) and मुंडक (muṇḍak).

Adjective

मुंडा • (muṇḍā) (Urdu spelling مُنْڈا)

having the head shaven, bald
hornless (as an ox)
without top leaves or branches (as a tree)
without a pinnacle (as a mosque)
open at the toe (as a shoe)

Declension

Declension of *मुंडा* (ā-stem)
	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	मुंडा muṇḍā	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडी muṇḍī	मुंडी muṇḍī
oblique	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडी muṇḍī	मुंडी muṇḍī
vocative	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडी muṇḍī	मुंडी muṇḍī

Noun

मुंडा • (muṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling مُنْڈا)

a man or boy having a shaved head
a disciple, attendant, lad

Declension

Declension of *मुंडा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मुंडा muṇḍā	मुंडे muṇḍe
oblique	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडों muṇḍõ
vocative	मुंडे muṇḍe	मुंडो muṇḍo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Munda.

Proper noun

मुंडा • (muṇḍā) f or m

Munda

Declension

Declension of *मुंडा* (sg-only fem ā-stem // masc unmarked ā-stem)
	singular
direct	मुंडा muṇḍā
oblique	मुंडा muṇḍā
vocative	मुंडा muṇḍā

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुंडा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3941
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 816
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मुंडा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 602
“[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Platts, John T. (1884) “मुण्डा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1074
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 587