પાદરી

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese padre (/⁠padri⁠/, “priest, father (term of address for a priest)”), from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin pater, patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of ફાધર (phādhar), પિતા (pitā), પિતૃ (pitŕ), and પિદર (pidar).

Compare Bengali পাদ্রি (padri), Hindustani پادری / पादरी (pādrī), Marathi पाद्री (pādrī), Konkani पाद्रि (pādri), Malayalam പാതിരി (pātiri) and Sinhalese පාදිලියා (pādiliyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑd̪.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: પા‧દરી
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

પાદરી • (pādrī) m

1. (Christianity) pastor; Christian priest

   Synonym: ફાધર (phādhar)

Derived terms

• પાદરીપણું (pādrīpṇũ)