मुंसिफ़ाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منصفانه (munsifāna), suffixed from Arabic مُنْصِف (munṣif). Related to मुंसिफ़ (munsif).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊn.sɪ.fɑː.nɑː/, [mʊ̃n.sɪ.fäː.näː], /mʊn.sɪ.pʰɑː.nɑː/, [mʊ̃n.sɪ.pʰäː.näː]

Adjective

मुंसिफ़ाना • (munsifānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مُنْصِفانَہ)

1. (rare) just, fair, equitable

   Synonyms: न्यायपूर्ण (nyāypūrṇ), न्यायोचित (nyāyocit)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “muṃsifānā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 816