ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ

Kannada

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mestre.

Noun

ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ • (mēstri)

1. 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]‎^[1], Government of Karnataka, 2020
• V. Krishna (2019) “ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha