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mithun

mithun noun: bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.

mithun: bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle
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Noun

mithun (plural mithun or mithuns)

  1. Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
    • Early one morning, a tiger on the prowl overheard two mithun gossiping as they grazed in a clearing.2005, “Tseube”, in First Sun Stories: Unusual Folk Tales from the North East, Katha, published 2011, →ISBN, page 28
    Synonyms:
    gaur, gayal

Proper noun capitalized: Mithun

Mithun

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms of mithun

Forms of mithun

pluralmithun
pluralmithuns
alternative formmithan

Origin of mithun

From Assamese মেঠন (methon). Cognate Naga Pidgin methon.

Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथुन (mithuna).

Questions about mithun

What does mithun mean?
Mithun means bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
What part of speech is mithun?
Mithun can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of mithun?
The plural of mithun is mithun.

Words near mithun in the dictionary

  1. mithridatized
  2. mithridatizes
  3. mithridatizing
  4. mithridatum
  5. mithril
  6. mithun
  7. mithuna
  8. mithunas
  9. mithuns
  10. MITI
  11. Mitiamo

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