محتسب

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (muhtasib), from Arabic مُحْتَسِب‎ (muḥtasib), active participle of اِحْتَسَبَ‎ (iḥtasaba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moːɦ.t̪ə.sɪb/

Noun

مُحتَسِب • (mohtasib) m (Hindi spelling मुहतसिब)

ombudsman, censor

References

“محتسب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“محتسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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