Talk:munshi

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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Sgconlaw in topic Possible missing detail or distinction
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Possible missing detail or distinction[edit]

See Wikipedia, which says the word was "originally used for a contractor, writer or secretary, and later used in the Mughal Empire and British India for native language teachers or secretaries employed by Europeans". Equinox 23:26, 3 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Equinox: not seeing any usage of the word in the contractor or writer sense in content on Google Books. — SGconlaw (talk) 07:28, 3 April 2020 (UTC)Reply