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'''Mistri''', or '''Mistry''', is a term for a master-craftsman, foreman or supervisor of manual workers in India.<ref name="IJOP">{{cite journal|title=Indian journal of psychology |year=1956 |volume=31–32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5EtAAAAMAAJ&dq=mistri+indian+railways&q=mistry#search_anchor |accessdate=18 January 2011|page=89|publisher=Indian Psychological Association}}</ref> Mistri is being replaced with "supervisor" and other terms, as for example by the Indian Railway who replaced it with supervisor in 2005.<ref name="GOVRAIL1">{{cite web |title=Sub: Filling up of promotion quota vacancies in the category of JE Gr.II scale Rs.5000-8000 consequent upon the implementation implementation of V Pay Commission scales of pay |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/indianrailways/directorate/establishment/sel_policy_31-2k5.jsp |publisher= GOVERNMENT OF INDIA/BHARAT SARKAR MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/RAIL MANTRALAYA (RAILWAY BOARD)|accessdate=18 January 2011 |date=22 February 2005 |quote=The avenue for promotion of Mistries (Redesignated as Supervisors)}}</ref>

The word ''Mistri'', or ''Mistry'', is adopted into the [[Gujarati language]] from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] word ''Mestre'' meaning ''Master'' or ''Teacher''.<ref name="COLLINS1">{{cite web|title=Collins Portuguese Dictionary 2nd edition|url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/portuguese-english/mestre|publisher=Collins|year=2001|accessdate=18 January 2011}}</ref> The Portuguese were present in Gujarat since 1500 in [[Diu, India|Diu]]. The [[Kadia (Muslim)|Kadia]]s and [[Kadia Kshatriya]]s worked on building [[Diu, India|Diu]] Fort and the Portuguese called them ''Mestre'' due to their skills at fort building.<ref>Kadia Kshatriya Ithihas : 1896</ref>{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}}<ref>Kadia Kshatriya Abhudaya : Kutch</ref>{{full citation needed|date=February 2019}}

MistriBabu besides carpenter ( for [[Suthar]] community ) also meant [[General contractor|Contractor]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UbQTsZnWY4AC&pg=PA768&dq=mistri+kutch&hl=en&ei=Lv2vTuqSHMbOrQfvyvxk&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=mistri%20kutch&f=false] American anthropology, 1971-1995: papers from the American anthropologist edited by Regna Darnell page 768</ref> ( mainly for [[Mistris of Kutch]] - majority of whom worked as Railway, PWD & Forest Contractors during British India ). Many [[Parsi]] family working as Contractor, therefore, also adopted surname Mistry, as their occupational surname. One such famous Parsi businessman is [[Pallonji Mistry]].

The word Mistri or Mistry in Gujarat is today identified with people, who are expert in building construction.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

==See also==
* [[Gaidher]]
* [[Mistry (Surname)]]
* [[Mistri (caste)]]
* [[Raj Mistry]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian words and phrases]]
[[Category:Gujarati language]]
[[Category:Linguistic history of India]]
[[Category:Indian architectural history]]

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