મિસ્ત્રી

Gujarati

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Portuguese, derived from mestre (“master”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

મિસ્ત્રી • (mistrī) m

  1. artisan

References

  1. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 227, column 2

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