Definitions for Munshi

Munshi mun·shi

Spelling: [moon-shee]
IPA: /ˈmun ʃi/

Munshi is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in Munshi (himnsu).

Definitions for Munshi

noun

  1. a native interpreter or language instructor.
  2. a native secretary or assistant.

Origin of Munshi

1770-80; Hindi munshī Arabic munshi' writer

Examples for Munshi

The munshi said nothing but followed the Englishman with his one workable eye.

The munshi demanded and received the purwana, or written permit.

Presumably it was made by his Turkish munshi for his note in the Memoirs (p. 329).

It was determined to put them all to death that evening as the munshi seemed likely to join the soldiers.

The language was Urdu, and the writer was a munshi, who was obviously communicating with an old pupil.

That a munshi be fixed at each capital stage who shall have charge of a certain number of stages.

I must say it to a munshi, who will write with a pen what I speak with my lips.

This made the boy desirous of learning, and he persuaded the munshi to give him a lesson every day.

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