munsif
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hindi मुंसिफ (munsiph), from Arabic مُنْصِف (munṣif).
Noun edit
munsif (plural munsifs)
- (historical) Synonym of amin (“arbitrator in the pargana”)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “moonsiff”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 581.