circumambulation

English

Etymology

From circum- +‎ ambulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɝ.kəmˌæm.bjuˈleɪ.ʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

circumambulation (plural circumambulations)

1. The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.

Related terms

• circumambulate
• circumambulatory

Translations

act of walking around sthg

• Bengali: পরিক্রমা (bn) f (porikroma)
• Catalan: circumval·lació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環繞儀式 / 环绕仪式 (huánrào yíshì)

• Finnish: ympärikävely, kiertäminen (fi)
• French: circumambulation (fr) f
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: circumambulazione f
• Malayalam: പ്രദക്ഷിണം (ml) (pradakṣiṇaṁ)
• Polish: obejście (pl) n, okrążenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Sanskrit: परिक्रमा f (parikramā)
• Serbo-Croatian: kruženje n
• Spanish: circunvalación f
• Telugu: ప్రదక్షిణము (te) (pradakṣiṇamu)