मुंड

Garhwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).

Noun

मुंड (muṇḍ) m

1. head

   Synonym: कपाळ (kapāḷ)

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुण्ड (muṇḍ)

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)

1. name of Rahu
2. name of a Daitya

Declension

Declension of मुंड (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मुंड muṇḍ
oblique	मुंड muṇḍ
vocative	मुंड muṇḍ

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

Declension of मुंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुंड muṇḍ	मुंड muṇḍ
oblique	मुंड muṇḍ	मुंडों muṇḍõ
vocative	मुंड muṇḍ	मुंडो muṇḍo

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

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