mundan

English

Etymology

Sanskrit मुण्डन (muṇḍana)

Noun

mundan (countable and uncountable, plural mundans)

1. (Hinduism) The ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 70:

     There are no birth records of when my grandmother was born because most children in the refugee camps died before their mundans, when babies have their heads ritually shaved.

Anagrams

• Dunnam

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mundanus.

Adjective

mundan m or n (feminine singular mundană, masculine plural mundani, feminine and neuter plural mundane)

1. worldly, mundane

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mundan		mundană		mundani	mundane
	definite	mundanul		mundana		mundanii	mundanele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mundan		mundane		mundani	mundane
	definite	mundanului		mundanei		mundanilor	mundanelor