ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ

Kannada

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mestre.

Noun

ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ • (mēstri)

a leader of a group of workers or coolies; a foreman.

References

Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479.
“ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ”, in ಪದಕಣಜ [Padakanaja], Government of Karnataka, 2020
V. Krishna (2019), “ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary

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