Term -mistri

[Jo Kirkpatrick]

Thanks to both Royce Wiles, who sent me the post below, and S. Krishna,
who said on the List that the word derives from English and cites a
source. Apparently source is not entirely definitive, although I'd be
tempted to give priority to the Dictionary entry.

Joanna Kirkpatrick
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Royce.Wiles at anu.edu.au wrote:
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> Full citation:
>
> The Oxford Hindi-English dictionary / edited by R. S. McGregor. Oxford :
> OUP, 1997.
>
> mistrI appears on p. 814, column b, fifth word down
>
> The full entry is brief, no indication of source or dates in this dictionary:
>
> mistrI [Portuguese mestre], m. a skilled tradesman; mechanic --
> mistarI-khAnA m. workshop
>
> Glad to be of help.