मुंशी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (munšī), from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मुंशी • (muñśī) 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 muñśī	मुंशी muñśī
oblique	मुंशी muñśī	मुंशियों muñśiyõ
vocative	मुंशी muñśī	मुंशियो muñśiyo

Derived terms

मुंशीगिरी (muñśīgirī)

References

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