functionary meaning in Urdu
ادھکاری adhikārī
/ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃn̩.(ə)ri/US/ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃəˌnɛ.ri/
functionary in Urdu: ادھکاری (adhikārī). In English, functionary means a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
Urdu words for functionary
- functionary
- ادھکاری adhikārī
English meaning of functionary
- noun A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
- noun Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
functionary in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
- Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter
Synonyms of functionary
functionary in other languages
Questions about functionary in Urdu
- What is the meaning of functionary in Urdu?
- Functionary in Urdu is ادھکاری (adhikārī).
- functionary کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
- Functionary: ادھکاری (adhikārī).
- What does functionary mean in English?
- Functionary means a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
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Urdu words from Wiktionary's Urdu entries whose English meaning is “functionary”: ادھکاری. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: functionary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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