อัญชลี

Thai

Alternative forms

• อัญชุลี, ชุลี

Etymology

From Pali añjali (“salutation; reverence; etc”), from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali, “idem”); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼañjali, ʼañjuli (“the pressing of palms together for expressing respect or reverence”). Cognate with Modern Khmer អញ្ជលី (ʼɑɑñcɔɔlii), អញ្ជុលី (ʼɑɑñculii); Burmese အဉ္ဇလီ (anyja.li).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อัญชลี ɒ ạ ɲ d͡ʑ l ī
Phonemic		อัน-ชะ-ลี ɒ ạ n – d͡ʑ a – l ī
Romanization	Paiboon	an-chá-lii
	Royal Institute	an-cha-li
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔan˧.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.liː˧/(R)

the expression

Noun

อัญชลี • (an-chá-lii)

1. (elegant) the pressing of palms together in order to express respect or reverence; respect or reverence expressed in such manner.

Verb

อัญชลี • (an-chá-lii) (abstract noun การอัญชลี)

1. (elegant) to express respect or reverence in such manner.

Derived terms

• กตัญชลี
• กฤดาญชลี
• กฤดาอัญชลี
• กฤษฎาญชลี