मुंशी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊn.ʃiː/, [mʊ̃n̪.ʃiː]

Noun

मुंशी • (munśī) m (Urdu spelling منشی‎)

scribe, writer, clerk, secretary
Synonyms: मुहर्रिर (muharrir), लिपिक (lipik), क्लर्क (klark)
teacher, tutor (especially of Persian or Urdu)

Declension

Declension of मुंशी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुंशी munśī	मुंशी munśī
oblique	मुंशी munśī	मुंशियों munśiyõ
vocative	मुंशी munśī	मुंशियो munśiyo

Derived terms

मुंशीगिरी (munśīgirī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मुंशी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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