mohurrer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir, “editor”), from مُـ (mu-) + حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara).
Noun[edit]
mohurrer (plural mohurrers)
- (India, historical) A clerk or writer in a native language.
- 1835 February, Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, page 104:
- An embezzlement of government money to the extent of about Rs. 2,000 was discovered some time ago in the post-office here, between the baboo, mutsuddy and mohurrer.
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Further reading[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mohurrer”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 574.