mohurrer

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir, “editor”), from مُـ (mu-) + حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara).

Noun

mohurrer (plural mohurrers)

1. (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.

Alternative forms

• moharrir, mohrer

Further reading

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mohurrer”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 574.