ފާދިރީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

1. Christian clergyman, chaplain, priest, padre

References

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