मुंशी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मुंशी • (muñśī) m (Urdu spelling منشی)

1. scribe, writer, clerk, secretary

   Synonyms: मुहर्रिर (muharrir), लिपिक (lipik), क्लर्क (klark)

2. 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