mutsuddy

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English

Etymology

From Urdu متصدی (mutaṣaddī, accountant, clerk) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “apparently from Arabic”)

Noun

mutsuddy (plural mutsuddies)

  1. (historical) A native accountant in the British Raj.
    • 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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