mundan

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English

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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

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