منشی

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُنْشِئ‎ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

منشی • (monši) (plural منشیان‎ (monšiân))

  1. secretary, munshi
    ‏خانم مینا شوهرش را در رابطه عاشقانه با منشی اتریشی اش گرفت.‎‎
    Ms. Mina caught her husband in an affair with her Austrian secretary.

Inflection
    Basic forms of منشی (monši)
singular plural
bare منشی
(monší)		 منشیان
(monšiấn)
منشیا △
(monšiấ)
definitive direct object منشی را
(monší râ)
منشی رو △
(monší ro)		 منشیان را
(monšiấn râ)
منشیا رو △
(monšiấ ro)
ezâfe منشی
(monší-ye)		 منشیان
(monšiấn-e)
منشیای △
(monšiấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 منشی
(monší)		 منشیانی
(monšiấn-i)
منشیایی △
(monšiấ-yi)
△ Colloquial.

Descendants
  • → English: munshi
  • → Azerbaijani: münşi

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian منشی‎ (monši), from Arabic مُنْشِئ‎ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُنْشی • (munšī) m (Hindi spelling मुन्शी)

  1. secretary, munshi
  2. accountant, writer, scribe

References
  • “منشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “منشی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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