पादरी

Borrowed from Portuguese padre, from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin pater, patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of पिता (pitā), पितृ (pitŕ), पिदर (pidar), and फ़ादर (fādar). Cognate with Konkani पाद्रि (pādri), Malayalam പാതിരി (pātiri), Sinhalese පාදිලියා (pādiliyā).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑːd̪.ɾiː/, [päːd̪.ɾiː]

पादरी • (pādrī) m (Urdu spelling پادری)

1. (Christianity) pastor; Christian priest

   Synonym: फ़ादर (fādar)

   Hypernym: पुरोहित (purohit)

2. (Christianity, historical) a missionary; Jesuit

• → Kashmiri: پادٕرۍ (pādụr')
• → Nepali: पादरी (pādarī)
• → Pashto: پادري
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਪਾਦਰੀ (pādrī)

  Shahmukhi script: پادری (pādrī)