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mundan

mundan noun: the ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.

Noun

mundan (countable and uncountable, plural mundans)

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

Forms of mundan

pluralmundans

Origin of mundan

Sanskrit मुण्डन (muṇḍana)

Questions about mundan

What does mundan mean?
Mundan means the ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.
What part of speech is mundan?
Mundan is a noun.
What is the plural of mundan?
The plural of mundan is mundans.

Words near mundan in the dictionary

  1. muncorn team
  2. Muncy
  3. Muncys
  4. mund
  5. Munda
  6. mundan
  7. mundane
  8. mundanely
  9. mundaneness
  10. mundanenesses
  11. mundaner

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