प्रार्थन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰাৰ্থন (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬃᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
প্রার্থন (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ပြာရ်္ထန (Burmese script)
પ્રાર્થન (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਾਰ੍ਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦴꦂꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನ (Kannada script)
ប្រាថ៌ន (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣາຣ຺ຖນ (Lao script)
പ്രാര്ഥന (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠷᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢬ꣄ꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රාර්‍ථන (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
ப்ரார்த²ந (Tamil script)
ప్రార్థన (Telugu script)
ปฺรารฺถน (Thai script)
པྲཱ་རྠ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

प्रार्थन • (prārthana) stem, ?

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