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Mistri, or Mistry, is a term for a master-craftsman, or supervisor of manual workers in India. However, Mistri is nowadays being replaced with "supervisor" and other terms, as with the Indian Railway who replaced it with supervisor in 2005. The term was adopted into Gujarati from the Portuguese ''mestre'', meaning "master" or "teacher". The Kshatriyas worked on building Dui Fort – which became the city of Diu, in which the Portuguese were present from its foundation in 1535 until 1961 – and the Portuguese called them ''mestre'' due to their skills at fort building.〔Kshatriya Ithihas : 1896〕〔 Kshatriya Abhudaya : Kutch〕 In Suthar culture, mistri also meant contractor〔() American anthropology, 1971-1995: papers from the American anthropologist edited by Regna Darnell page 768〕 – mainly for the Mistris of Kutch, the majority of whom worked as railway, PWD and forest contractors during British rule. Many Parsi families working as contractors therefore also adopted the surname Mistry as their occupational surname, as in the example of Pallonji Mistry. ==See also== * Gaidher * Mistry (Surname) * Mistri (caste) * Raj Mistry 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mistri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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