mundan

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noun

The ceremonial first tonsure of a child's hair.

OriginSanskrit मुण्डन →
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Meanings

nounmundan (countable and uncountable, plural mundans)

plural mundans

  1. HinduismcountableuncountableThe 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

Origin

  1. Sanskritमुण्डन
  2. Englishmundan

Sanskrit मुण्डन (muṇḍana)

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APA

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MLA

“mundan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mundan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mundan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mundan.

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