منشی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? munšī
Dari reading? munšī
Iranian reading? monši
Tajik reading? munši

Noun

منشی • (monši) (plural منشیان)

  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
singular plural
bare منشی (monší) منشیان، منشیا△ (monšiấn, monšiấ△)
definitive direct object منشی را، منشی رو△ (monší râ, monší ro△) منشیان را، منشیا رو△ (monšiấn râ, monšiấ ro△)
ezâfe منشی (monší-ye) منشیان، منشیای△ (monšiấn-e, monšiấ-ye△)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		منشی (monší) منشیانی، منشیایی△ (monšiấn-i, monšiấ-yi△)

△ Colloquial.

Descendants

  • → English: munshi
  • → Azerbaijani: münşi

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian منشی (munšī), from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ). Cognate with Bengali মুনশি (munśi).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُنْشی • (munśī) m (Hindi spelling मुन्शी)

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

References

  • “منشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مُنشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic مُنَشِّئ (munaššiʔ) from the root ن ش ء (n š ʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُنَشّی • (munaśśī) m (formal plural منشیات, Hindi spelling मुनश्शी)

  1. intoxicant; alcohol, narcotic, drug

References

  • “منشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مُنَشّی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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