Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

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 edit

    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 edit

  • English: munshi
  • Azerbaijani: münşi

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُنْشی (munśīm (Hindi spelling मुन्शी)

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

References edit

  • منشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • منشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.