munsifn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnsɪf/, U.S.

/ˈmunsɪf/

Forms: 1700s– munsiff, 1800s moonsif, 1800s moonsiff, 1800s– munsif.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu munṣif; Persian munṣif.

Etymology: < Urdu munṣif and its etymon Persian munṣif < Arabic munṣif just, honest, active participle of anṣafa to be just, impartial, to treat equally < the same base as naṣaf justice and niṣf half, middle.

In South Asia: a judge; spec. a junior-grade judge in a civil court.

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > India or former colonies

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1779 in India Office Rec.: Home Misc. Series (British Library) 421 547 We have desired the Company's Attorney to defend a Suit that hath been instituted..against..one of the Munsiffs of the Court.

1835 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah (1866) 327 The Shasters and the Hedeya will be useless to a Moonsiff or Sudder Ameen.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xii. 519 It was provided, that the Heads of villages should be Munsifs in their respective villages.

1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. ci. 556/2 Moonsifs, who were at first restricted to hearing cases valued at fifty rupees, were made competent to deal with those of 150.

1931 H. K. Trevaskis Punjab of To-day I. i. 96 Munsifs (who now received the more dignified name of Subordinate Judges).

1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. E. India Company 249 Of the three types of commissioners the munsiff could act both as referee and arbitrator.

1990 V. Sankaranarayanan tr. K. S. Amma in Truth Tales 2 (1991) 50 When the building was complete it was rented out to a munsif and his family.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	munsif
释义	munsifn. Brit. /ˈmuːnsɪf/, U.S. /ˈmunsɪf/ Forms: 1700s– munsiff, 1800s moonsif, 1800s moonsiff, 1800s– munsif. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu munṣif; Persian munṣif. Etymology: < Urdu munṣif and its etymon Persian munṣif < Arabic munṣif just, honest, active participle of anṣafa to be just, impartial, to treat equally < the same base as naṣaf justice and niṣf half, middle. In South Asia: a judge; spec. a junior-grade judge in a civil court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > India or former colonies foujdar1683 munsif1779 surrogate1816 1779 in India Office Rec.: Home Misc. Series (British Library) 421 547 We have desired the Company's Attorney to defend a Suit that hath been instituted..against..one of the Munsiffs of the Court. 1835 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah (1866) 327 The Shasters and the Hedeya will be useless to a Moonsiff or Sudder Ameen. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xii. 519 It was provided, that the Heads of villages should be Munsifs in their respective villages. 1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. ci. 556/2 Moonsifs, who were at first restricted to hearing cases valued at fifty rupees, were made competent to deal with those of 150. 1931 H. K. Trevaskis Punjab of To-day I. i. 96 Munsifs (who now received the more dignified name of Subordinate Judges). 1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. E. India Company 249 Of the three types of commissioners the munsiff could act both as referee and arbitrator. 1990 V. Sankaranarayanan tr. K. S. Amma in Truth Tales 2 (1991) 50 When the building was complete it was rented out to a munsif and his family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779
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