मंसब

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Hindi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

मनसब (mansab)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصَب (manṣab).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mən.səb/, [mɐ̃n.sɐb]
Rhymes: -əb

Noun[edit]

मंसब • (mansab) m (Urdu spelling منصب)

office, rank
(historical, Mughal Empire) mansab: an office granted by the emperor, giving a fixed annual salary to the holder

Declension[edit]

Declension of मंसब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंसब mansab	मंसब mansab
oblique	मंसब mansab	मंसबों mansabõ
vocative	मंसब mansab	मंसबो mansabo

Derived terms[edit]

मंसबदार (mansabdār)
मंसबदारी (mansabdārī)

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मंसब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 777

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