ಪಾದ್ರಿ
Kannada
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese padre, from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin pater, patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cognate with Hindi पादरी (pādrī), Konkani पाद्रि (pādri), Malayalam പാതിരി (pātiri), Sinhalese පාදිලියා (pādiliyā).
Noun
editಪಾದ್ರಿ • (pādri)
- (Christianity) church father; pastor, Christian priest
References
edit- Učida, Norihiko, Rajapurohit, B. B. (2013) “ಪಾದ್ರಿ”, in Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary, 3-11-1, Asahi-chō, Fuchū-shi, 183-8534, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 635.