पादरी

See also: पिदर

Hindi

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पादरी • (pādrī) m (Urdu spelling پادری)

1. (Christianity) pastor; Christian priest

   Synonym: फ़ादर (fādar)

   Hypernym: पुरोहित (purohit)

2. (Christianity, historical) a missionary; Jesuit

Declension

Declension of पादरी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पादरी pādrī	पादरी pādrī
oblique	पादरी pādrī	पादरियों pādriyõ
vocative	पादरी pādrī	पादरियो pādriyo