ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses) · father (term of address for a priest) · father (male parent)
çekim: çoğul padres
eş: padreca
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of pai.
köken: Etymology tree Classical Persian پَادْرِی (pādrī)bor. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin pater Old Galician-Portuguese padre Portuguese padrebor. Hindi पादरी Borrowed from Classical Persian پَادْرِی (pādrī) or Portuguese padre. Doublet of पिता (pitā), पितृ (pitŕ), पिदर (pidar), and फ़ादर (fādar).
parish priest (Catholic, UK), pastor (Lutheran; Catholic, US); parson, rector, vicar (Anglican) (main priest serving a parish)
çekim: çoğul kirkkoherrat · tamlayan kirkkoherran
köken: Calque of Swedish kyrkherre; kirkko (“church”) + herra (“master, lord”). Some sources claim the term is a mistranslation of Swedish kyrkoherde (“vicar”, literally “church shepherd”), but that term is more likely a later alteration of kyrkherre.
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”). Compare also Aromanian popã, pãpã. Or alternatively, from Latin popa, papa, hence its presence in other neighbour languages. Doublet of papă.
köken: From Old Norse prestr, either from Old Saxon prēstar or from Old English prēost, both of which are borrowed from Latin presbyter (“elder, priest”) (= Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros, “older, senior; elder”)).