پادری

Urdu

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 فادر‎ (fādar).

Pronunciation

Noun

پادْری • (pādrī) m (Hindi spelling पादरी)

  1. (Christianity) clergyman; Christian priest
    Synonym: فادر‎ (fādar)
  2. (Christianity, historical) a missionary; Jesuit

Declension
Declension of پادری
singular plural
direct پادری‎ (pādrī) پادری‎ (pādrī)
oblique پادری‎ (pādrī) پادریوں‎ (pādriyō̃)
vocative پادری‎ (pādrī) پادریو‎ (pādriyō)

References
  • “پادری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “پادری”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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