tonsure

Etymology
From, from and , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To shave the crown of the head as a sign of humility and religious vocation.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: tehdä tonsuuri
 * French:
 * Icelandic: krúnuraka
 * Macedonian: по́стриже
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: постригти

Noun

 * 1) A ritual shaving of this kind.
 * 2) The hairstyle and characteristic bald patch resulting from being tonsured.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: krúnurakstur
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: по́стриг, по́тстриг
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: постриг, постриження


 * Bulgarian: тонзура
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto: tonsuro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: krúna
 * Middle English: coroune
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: тонзура

Etymology
, borrowed from, from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  (hair)