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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)
- (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.