منشی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنْشِئ (munšiʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mun.ˈʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊn.ʃíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊn.ʃíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊn.ʃíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mun.ʃí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mon.ʃíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mun.ʃí]

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

Noun

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

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

• → English: munshi
• → Azerbaijani: münşi

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊn.ʃiː/

Noun

مُنْشی • (munśī) m (Hindi spelling मुन्शी)

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

References

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic مُنَشِّئ (munaššiʔ) from the root ن ش ء (n-š-ʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.nəʃ.ʃiː/

Noun

مُنَشّی • (munaśśī) m (formal plural منشیات, Hindi spelling मुनश्शी)

1. intoxicant; alcohol, narcotic, drug

Related terms

• نشہ (naśā)

References

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