ಪಾದ್ರಿ

Kannada edit

Etymology edit

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). Cognate with Hindi पादरी (pādrī), Konkani पाद्रि (pādri), Malayalam പാതിരി (pātiri), Sinhalese පාදිලියා (pādiliyā).

Noun edit

ಪಾದ್ರಿ (pādri)

  1. (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.