ފާދިރީ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hindi पादरी (pādrī), from Portuguese padre. Compare Konkani पाद्रि (pādri), Malayalam പാതിരി (pātiri), Sinhalese පාදිලියා (pādiliyā), and Japanese 破天連(ばてれん) (Bateren)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /faː.d̪i.ɾiː/, [faː.d̪i.ɾiː]
  • Hyphenation: ފާ‧ދި‧ރީ

Noun[edit]

ފާދިރީ • (fādirī) (plural ފާދިރީތައް (fādirītak̊))

  1. Christian clergyman, chaplain, priest, padre

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފާދިރީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 67
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