मंसब
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मनसब (mansab)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصَب (manṣab).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mən.səb/
- Rhymes: -əb
Noun
मंसब • (mansab) m
- office, rank
- (historical, Mughal Empire) mansab: an office granted by the emperor, giving a fixed annual salary to the holder
Declension
| Declension of मंसब | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | मंसब (mansab) | मंसब (mansab) |
| Oblique | मंसब (mansab) | मंसबों (mansbõ) |
| Vocative | मंसब (mansab) | मंसबो (mansbo) |
Derived terms
- मंसबदार (mansabdār)
- मंसबदारी (mansabdārī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मंसब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 777