Munshi

//ˈmuːnʃiː//

Synonyms for "munshi" (1 found)

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Translations

18 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

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  • مُنْشِئ noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Azerbaijani

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  • münşi noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Bengali

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  • মুন্সী noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Hindi

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  • मुंशी noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)
  • मुंशी noun (language teacher)

Iranian Persian

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  • مُنْشی noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)
  • مُنْشی noun (language teacher)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മുൻശി noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Pashto

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  • منشي noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)
  • منشي noun (language teacher)

Persian

2 entries
  • مُنْشِی noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)
  • مُنْشِی noun (language teacher)

Punjabi

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  • ਮੁੰਸ਼ੀ noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Tajik

1 entries
  • муншӣ noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Turkish

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  • münşi noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مُنْشی noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)
  • مُنْشی noun (language teacher)

Uzbek

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  • munshiy noun (clerk; secretary — see also clerk, secretary)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Then Your Committee examined Goneſhamdaſs, who was formerly Moonſhee, or Perſian Tranſlator, to Colonel Graham; [...]

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Whoever has memory to retain what he hears, and who ſpeaks ſo intelligibly that no doubt of his meaning ariſes in his audience, and who is a man of good actions, [...] ſuch perſon the magiſtrate ſhall conſtitute his Leekhuk or Moonſhi, and writer.

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This, and the two other examples given in the ſame plate, are from manuſcripts written in the coarſe and haſty manner of the Indian Munſhees: the reader muſt not expect, therefore, in ſuch writings, to have his eye delighted with graceful flouriſhes, minute hair-ſtrokes, or elegant combinations.

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The next day, as soon as a case was decided, he quietly sneaked out of the room, and, following the successful suitor, significantly held out his palm. "To my joy and surprise," says Paunchkourí, "he slipped a rupee into it, and whispered to me to give the múnshí (the Persian clerk) his share.["]

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