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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) IPA(key): /pɑːd̪.ɾiː/,
Noun
पादरी • (pādrī) m (Urdu spelling پادری)
- (Christianity) pastor; Christian priest
- Synonym: फ़ादर (fādar)
- Hypernym: पुरोहित (purohit)
- (Christianity, historical) a missionary; Jesuit
Declension
Declension of पादरी (masc ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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पादरी
pādrī
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पादरी
pādrī
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| oblique
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पादरी
pādrī
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पादरियों
pādriyõ
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| vocative
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पादरी
pādrī
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पादरियो
pādriyo
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