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mundans

mundans is the plural of mundan.

Meaning of mundan

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

Questions about mundans

What is mundans the plural of?
Mundans is the plural of mundan.

Words near mundans in the dictionary

  1. Mundaneum
  2. mundania
  3. mundanism
  4. mundanities
  5. mundanity
  6. mundans
  7. mundarda
  8. mundardas
  9. Mundare
  10. Mundari
  11. Mundaring

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