As a Hindi name
मुण्डा · muṇḍā · adj.
(f. -ī) & s.m. Shaven; bald; uncovered; having no horns, hornless (an ox, a ram, &c.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1074
मुण्डा · muṇḍā · s.m.
(dialec.) corr. of moṅḍhā, 'shoulder,' q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1074
मुंडा · feminine,masculine
Munda
मुंडा · masculine
a man or boy having a shaved head; a disciple, attendant, lad
Cited formation "मुण्डा" is मुण्ड + -आ: मुण्ड means "(f. -ā), Shaved, bald, having no hair on the head", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "मुण्डा" is मुण्डना + -आ: मुण्डना means "To be shaved", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "मुण्डा" is मुण्ड + -आ: मुण्ड means "(f. -ā), Shaved, bald, having no hair on the head", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English Munda.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मुण्डक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit मुण्डक (muṇḍaka). Doublet of मुंड (muṇḍ) and मुंडक (muṇḍak). Compare Punjabi ਮੁੰਡਾ (muṇḍā) and Odia ମୁଣ୍ଡା (muṇḍā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
muṇḍaka mfn. shaved, shorn, Divyāv.
muṇḍaka m. the lopped trunk or stem of a tree, pollard, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a (close-shaved) female mendicant
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "muṇḍā" is the feminine form of "muṇḍa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
muṇḍā f. a (close-shaved) female mendicant, L.
a widow, Gal.
a species of plant, L.
Bengal madder, W.
muṇḍa mf(ā)n. shaved, bald, having the head shaved or the hair shorn, Mn.; MBh. &c.
having no horns, hornless (as a cow or goat), Var.
Alternative readings
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