प्रार्थन

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːɾ.tʰɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːɾ.t̪ʰɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रार्थन • (prārthana) stem, ?

1. wish, solicitation, prayer, entreaty, request, desire

Descendants

• Pali: patthanā
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀡 (patthaṇa), 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀡𑀸 (patthaṇā)
  • Sinhalese: පතුන් (patun)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: प्रार्थन (prārthan)

  Urdu: پْرارْتھَن (prārthan)

• → Kannada: ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ (prārthane) (learned)
• → Malayalam: പ്രാർഥനം (prāṟthanaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: प्रार्थन (prārthan) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: ප්‍රාර්‍ථනය (prārthanaya) (learned)
• → Tamil: பிரார்த்தனை (pirārttaṉai) (learned)
• → Telugu: ప్రార్థన (prārthana) (learned)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्रार्थन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prārthana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press