मंसब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मनसब (mansab)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصَب (manṣab).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मंसब • (mansab) m (Urdu spelling منصب)

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

Declension

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

• मंसबदार (mansabdār)
• मंसबदारी (mansabdārī)

References

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