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Garhwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).
Noun
मुंड (muṇḍ) m
- head
- Synonym: कपाळ (kapāḷ)
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुण्ड (muṇḍa). Doublet of मुंडा (muṇḍā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
मुंड • (muṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling منڈ) (Hinduism)
- name of Rahu
- name of a Daitya
Declension
Declension of मुंड (sg-only masc cons-stem)
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singular
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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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
- Synonyms: नापित (nāpit), नाई (nāī), हज्जाम (hajjām)
- a shaven head
- any head
- Synonyms: शिर (śir), शीश (śīś), सिर (sir), सर (sar), शीर्ष (śīrṣ)
- iron
- Synonyms: लोह (loh), लोहा (lohā)
Declension
Declension of मुंड (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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| oblique
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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मुंडों
muṇḍõ
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मुंड
muṇḍ
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मुंडो
muṇḍo
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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.
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