hanuman

(hun′o̵̅o̅ män′, hän′-; hun′o̵̅o̅ män′, hän′-)

noun

Hindu Myth. a demigod in the form of a monkey
a small, slender-bodied, leaf-eating monkey (Presbytis entellus) with a long tail, found in SE Asia

Origin: Hindi Hanumān < Sans hanumant, having (big) jaws < hnu-, jaw < IE base *enu- > chin

See hanuman in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. han·u·mans

A small monkey (Presbytis entellus) of southern Asia, having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face.

Origin:

Origin: Hindi hanumān

Origin: , from Sanskrit Hanumān, a monkey-god in Hindu mythology

Origin: , from hanumān, having a large jaw

Origin: , from hanu, jaw; see genu-² in Indo-European roots

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