munshi
/moon-shee/US // ˈmun ʃi //
市政厅,市政当局,市政署,市政服务
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Indian English.
- : a native interpreter or language instructor.
- : a native secretary or assistant.
Examples
Presumably it was made by his Turkish munshi for his note in the Memoirs (p. 329).
I must say it to a munshi, who will write with a pen what I speak with my lips.
The munshi demanded and received the purwana, or written permit.
The munshi said nothing but followed the Englishman with his one workable eye.
The language was Urdu, and the writer was a munshi, who was obviously communicating with an old pupil.
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