منشي munshī act. part. of انشأ 'to create, or produce; to compose,' c., iv of نشأ 'to grow, to spring up,' c.
A منشي munshī (act. part. of انشأ 'to create, or produce; to compose,' &c., iv of نشأ 'to grow, to spring up,' &c.), s.m. An author, a composer (in prose); a writer, scribe, secretary, an amanuensis;—(in India, chiefly among Europeans) a tutor, a teacher of Persian or Urdū, language-master;—a title of respect:—munshī-ḵẖāna, s.m. The room for native scribes in an Indian office:—munshī-ě-falak, s.m. The planet Mercury:—munshī-garī, s.f. Business of a munshī; secretaryship; clerkship; teachership;—good composition; good writing:—mīr-munshī, s.m. The head of the Persian or vernacular department of an office.
منشا manshā the pop. form of A. منشأ manshaʼ, n. of place fr. نشأ 'to grow, to spring up,' c.
A منشا manshā (the pop. form of A. منشأ manshaʼ, n. of place fr. نشأ 'to grow, to spring up,' &c.), s.m. Source, origin, beginning, principle, spring; motive, object, intention, design, purport, tenor, drift, provision (of a law or statute);—allusion;—exordium, or argument (of any composition):—ḥasb-ě-manshā-ě, According to the tenor or purport of; in the sense of.
