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prayer

noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɛə/
  • General-American: prâr
  • General-American: prāʹər
  • General-American: /pɹɛɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɛɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹeɪ.ɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈpɾe.jə(ɾ)/
  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -eɪə(ɹ)
  • UK: /ˈpɹeɪə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: prāʹər
  • US: /ˈpɹeɪəɹ/
  • CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R EY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
  • In many cultures, prayer involves singing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An act of praying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The specific words or methods used for praying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
  • For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A request; a petition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The remotest hope or chance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, singular, uncountable

Examples

  • That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

One who prays.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the priest sank to his knees in prayer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supplication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worship

Narrower terms: devotion, blessing, benediction

9

noun

Meaning 9

a fixed text used in praying

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text

Narrower terms: Agnus Dei, Mass, Shema, Angelus, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis, Evening Prayer, evensong, Kol Nidre, Litany, Lord's Prayer

10

noun

Meaning 10

earnest or urgent request

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an entreaty to stop the fighting
  • an appeal for help
  • an appeal to the public to keep calm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entreaty, appeal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: request, asking

Narrower terms: adjuration, demagoguery, demagogy, supplication, plea, solicitation, suit, courtship, wooing, courting

11

noun

Meaning 11

reverent petition to a deity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: petition, orison

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: request, asking

Narrower terms: prayer wheel, benediction, blessing, collect, commination, deprecation, grace, thanksgiving, intercession, invocation, supplication, requiescat

12

noun

Meaning 12

someone who prays to God

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supplicant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: religious person

Narrower terms: beadsman, bedesman

History

Etymology

From Middle English preiere, from Old French preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).

pray + -er.

Across languages

Translations

408 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gebed — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Albanian: lutje — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Southern Altai: мӧргӱ (mörgü) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Southern Altai: кудай сӧзӱ (kuday sözü) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Amharic: ጸሎት (ṣälot) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Western Apache: ʼokąąhí — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalāh) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Arabic: دُعَاء (duʕāʔ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Arabic: صلا (ṣála) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Arabic: صلاة (ṣalā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Arabic: دُعا (duʕa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Aramaic: ܨܠܘܬܐ (ṣəlōṯā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Aramaic: צְלוֹתָא (ṣəlôṯā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Armenian: աղոթք (aġotʻkʻ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Assamese: প্ৰাৰ্থনা (prarthona) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Asturian: oración — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Avar: дугӏа (duʻa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Azerbaijani: dua — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Azerbaijani: namaz — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Balinese: mantra — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Balinese: japa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Balinese: saa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bashkir: доға (doğa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bashkir: намаҙ (namaź) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Basque: otoitz — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Basque: otoi — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Belarusian: малі́тва (malítva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bengali: প্রার্থনা (prarthona) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bengali: নামাজ (namaj) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bengali: সালাত (śalat) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bengali: দোয়া (dōẇa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Central Bikol: pangadyi — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Bulgarian: моли́тва (molítva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Burmese: ပတ္ထနာ (pathta.na) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Carpathian Rusyn: молитва (molytva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Catalan: oració — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Catalan: pregària — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Chinese Cantonese: 祈禱 /祈祷 (kei4 tou2) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Chinese: дўвар (dwvar) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Chinese: 祈禱 /祈祷 (kî-tó) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祈禱 /祈祷 (qídǎo) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Chuvash: кӗлӗ (kĕlĕ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • West Circassian: дыухьэ (dəwuḥɛ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Czech: modlitba — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Danish: bøn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Dhivehi: ނަމާދު (namādu) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Central Dusun: samb̲ayang — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Dutch: gebed — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Egyptian: z:SA-A-F5-Y1 (zšꜣ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Egyptian: n:nH-H-A2 (nḥ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Estonian: palve — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Faroese: bøn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Finnish: rukous — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Finnish: rukoileminen — practice of communicating with one's God
  • French: prière — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Friulian: preiere — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Friulian: orazion — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Friulian: jaculatorie — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Galician: oración — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Galician: orazón — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Georgian: ლოცვა (locva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • German: Gebet — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 (bida) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 (aihtrōns) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Greek: προσευχή (prosefchí) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχή (eukhḗ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Gujarati: પ્રાર્થના (prārthanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Haitian Creole: priyè — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hausa: salla — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hebrew: תפילה \ תְּפִלָּה (t'filá) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: प्रार्थना (prārthanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: अर्चना (arcanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: उपासना (upāsnā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: वंदना (vandnā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: नमाज़ (namāz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hindi: दुआ (duā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Hungarian: ima — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Icelandic: bæn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Indonesian: doa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Indonesian: sembahyang — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Indonesian: salat — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Indonesian: solat — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ingrian: malitva — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ingrian: rissimä — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ingush: дуӏа (duˀa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Irish: guí — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Irish: urnaí — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Irish: paidir — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Old Irish: guide — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Italian: preghiera — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Italian: orazione — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Italian: prece — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Japanese: 祈り (inori) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Japanese: 祈祷 (kitō) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kannada: ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ (prārthane) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kazakh: дұға (dūğa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kazakh: мінәжат (mınäjat) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kazakh: бата (bata) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kazakh: намаз (namaz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Khmer: ធម៌ (thɔə) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Korean: 기도 (gido) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Korean: 빔 (bim) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Central Kurdish: نوێژ (nwêj) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Northern Kurdish: nivêj — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kyrgyz: дуба (duba) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Kyrgyz: намаз (namaz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lao: ພາວະນາ (phā wa nā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lao: ອະຖິຖານ (ʼa thi thān) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Latin: prex — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Latin: precatio — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Latvian: lūgšana — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lezgi: дуьа (düa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ligurian: preghëa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lithuanian: malda — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lombard: orazión — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Lutuv: thlaachuona — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Luxembourgish: Gebiet — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Macedonian: молитва (molitva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Maguindanao: cadsambayang — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Malay: sembahyang — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Malay: solat — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (prāṟtthana) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Māori: karakia — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Maranao: sambayang — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Marwari: गुजारिस (gujāris) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Minangkabau: doa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Mongolian: залбирал (zalbiral) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠪᠠᠷᠢᠯ (ǰalbaril) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Navajo: sodizin — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Norman: priéthe — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bønn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Occitan: prèga — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Odia: ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା (prārthanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ojibwe: anami'ewin — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Okinawan: かみにげー (kaminigē) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Okinawan: 御願 (ugwan) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Church Slavic: молитва (molitva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Church Slavic: ⰿⱁⰾⰻⱅⰲⰰ (molitva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Old East Slavic: молитва (molitva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Old English: ġebed — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Oromo: kadhata — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Pannonian Rusyn: молитва (molitva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Pashto: لمونځ (lmunz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Pashto: صلات (salāt) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Pashto: دعا (do'ā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Iranian Persian: نَماز (namâz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Iranian Persian: دُعا (do'â) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Iranian Persian: صَلات (salât) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Piedmontese: orassion — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Plautdietsch: Jebäd — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Polish: modlitwa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Polish: modły — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Polish: oracja — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Portuguese: oração — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Portuguese: prece — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Portuguese: reza — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ (prārthanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Rohingya: dua — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romagnol: urazion — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romanian: rugăciune — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romansh: uraziun — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romansh: oraziun — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romansh: uraztgùn — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Romansh: urazchun — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Russian: моли́тва (molítva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Russian: нама́з (namáz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Sanskrit: प्रार्थना (prārthanā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀литва — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòlitva — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Sicilian: prijera — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Sindhi: نماز (̃māz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Slovak: modlitba — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Slovene: molitev — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Upper Sorbian: modlitwa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Sotho: thapelo — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Spanish: oración — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Spanish: rezo — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Spanish: plegaria — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Swahili: swala — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Swedish: bön — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tagalog: dasal — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tajik: намоз (namoz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tajik: дуъо (du'o) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tajik: дуо (duo) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tajik: салот (salot) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tamil: பிரார்த்தனை (pirārttaṉai) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tatar: намаз (namaz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tatar: дога (doğa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Telugu: ప్రార్థన (prārthana) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Thai: อธิษฐาน (à-tít-tǎan) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Thai: สวดมนต์ (sùuat-mon) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Thai: ภาวนา (paa-wá-naa) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tibetan: བཀའ་བསྒོ (bka' bsgo) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tigrinya: ጸሎት (ṣälot) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Tok Pisin: prea — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Turkish: dua — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Turkish: namaz — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Turkmen: dileg — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Turkmen: doga — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Turkmen: namaz — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎚 (ṣlt) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Ukrainian: моли́тва (molýtva) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Urdu: نَماز (namāz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Urdu: دُعا (du'ā) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Urdu: صَلات (salāt) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Uyghur: ناماز (namaz) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Uyghur: دۇئا (du'a) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Uzbek: duo — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Uzbek: namoz — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Uzbek: salot — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Venetan: orassión — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Vietnamese: kinh cầu nguyện — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Vietnamese: kinh nguyện — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Vietnamese: ý nguyện — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Waray-Waray: pa-nga-di — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Waray-Waray: pa-nga-dji — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Welsh: gweddi — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Yiddish: תּפֿילה (tfile) — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Zazaki: duwa — practice of communicating with one's God
  • Afrikaans: bid — the act of praying
  • Albanian: lutje — the act of praying
  • Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalāh) — the act of praying
  • Armenian: աղոթք (aġotʻkʻ) — the act of praying
  • Bashkir: доға (doğa) — the act of praying
  • Basque: otoitzaldi — the act of praying
  • Basque: otoitz — the act of praying
  • Bulgarian: моли́тва (molítva) — the act of praying
  • Catalan: rés — the act of praying
  • Czech: modlitba — the act of praying
  • Czech: modlení — the act of praying
  • Danish: bøn — the act of praying
  • Dutch: gebed — the act of praying
  • Dutch: bidden — the act of praying
  • Egyptian: z:SA-A-F5-Y1 (zšꜣ) — the act of praying
  • Egyptian: n:nH-H-A2 (nḥ) — the act of praying
  • Esperanto: preĝo — the act of praying
  • Finnish: rukoileminen — the act of praying
  • German: Gebet — the act of praying
  • Greek: προσευχή (prosefchí) — the act of praying
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχή (eukhḗ) — the act of praying
  • Hindi: वंदना (vandnā) — the act of praying
  • Hungarian: imádkozás — the act of praying
  • Hungarian: imádság — the act of praying
  • Hungarian: fohászkodás — the act of praying
  • Indonesian: doa — the act of praying
  • Irish: guí — the act of praying
  • Irish: urnaí — the act of praying
  • Old Irish: guide — the act of praying
  • Japanese: 祈り (inori) — the act of praying
  • Judeo-Italian: אוּרַאצִיאוֹנַה — the act of praying
  • Kazakh: бата (bata) — the act of praying
  • Central Kurdish: نوێژ کردن (nwêj kirdin) — the act of praying
  • Latin: precatio — the act of praying
  • Macedonian: молитва (molitva) — the act of praying
  • Macedonian: молење (molenje) — the act of praying
  • Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (prāṟtthana) — the act of praying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønn — the act of praying
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bønn — the act of praying
  • Old English: ġebed — the act of praying
  • Pashto: لمونځ (lmunz) — the act of praying
  • Plautdietsch: Jebäd — the act of praying
  • Polish: modlitwa — the act of praying
  • Polish: modły — the act of praying
  • Portuguese: oração — the act of praying
  • Portuguese: reza — the act of praying
  • Romanian: rugăciune — the act of praying
  • Romansh: uraziun — the act of praying
  • Russian: моли́тва (molítva) — the act of praying
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh — the act of praying
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀литва — the act of praying
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòlitva — the act of praying
  • Slovene: molitev — the act of praying
  • Sotho: ho rapela — the act of praying
  • Spanish: rezo — the act of praying
  • Swahili: swali — the act of praying
  • Swedish: bön — the act of praying
  • Tagalog: pagdarasal — the act of praying
  • Tagalog: panalangin — the act of praying
  • Turkish: dua — the act of praying
  • Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ) — the act of praying
  • Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz) — the act of praying
  • Yiddish: תּפֿילה (tfile) — the act of praying
  • Afrikaans: gebed — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalāh) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Armenian: աղոթք (aġotʻkʻ) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Bashkir: доға (doğa) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Bulgarian: молитва (molitva) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Czech: modlitba — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Dutch: gebed — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Finnish: rukous — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • French: prière — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • German: Gebet — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Greek: προσευχή (prosefchí) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Hungarian: ima — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Hungarian: imádság — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Hungarian: fohász — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Indonesian: doa — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Irish: paidir — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Central Kurdish: دوعا (du'a) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Northern Kurdish: dua — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Latin: precatio — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Macedonian: молитва (molitva) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (prāṟtthana) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønn — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bønn — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Pashto: لمونځ (lmunz) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Polish: modlitwa — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Portuguese: oração — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Portuguese: reza — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Romagnol: urazion — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Russian: моли́тва (molítva) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀литва — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòlitva — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Slovene: molitev — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Sotho: mantswe a thapelo — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Spanish: oración — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Spanish: rezo — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Spanish: preces — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Swahili: swala — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Swahili: sala — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Swedish: bön — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Turkish: dua — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Ukrainian: молитва (molytva) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Ukrainian: пацєр (pacjer) — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Welsh: gweddi — the specific words or methods used for praying
  • Afrikaans: gebedsontmoeting — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Bulgarian: моле́бен (molében) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Finnish: rukoushetki — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • French: prières — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • German: Gottesdienst — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Greek: προσευχή (prosefchí) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Greek: συμπροσευχή (symprosefchí) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Central Kurdish: نوێژ (nwêj) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Northern Kurdish: nivêj — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Macedonian: молитва (molitva) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (prāṟtthana) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønnemøte — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Polish: modlitwa — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Polish: modły — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Portuguese: missa — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Portuguese: culto — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Romanian: serviciu divin — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Romanian: slujbă religioasă — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Russian: моле́бен (molében) — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Slovene: molitev — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Sotho: kopano ya thapelo — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Swedish: bön — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Swedish: förbön — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Turkish: dua — a meeting held for the express purpose of praying
  • Afrikaans: bede — a request; a petition
  • Bulgarian: молба́ (molbá) — a request; a petition
  • Czech: prosba — a request; a petition
  • Dutch: bede — a request; a petition
  • Finnish: pyyntö — a request; a petition
  • French: prière — a request; a petition
  • Greek: προσευχή (prosefchí) — a request; a petition
  • Greek: ικεσία (ikesía) — a request; a petition
  • Hindi: प्रार्थना (prārthanā) — a request; a petition
  • Macedonian: молба (molba) — a request; a petition
  • Marathi: प्रार्थना (prārthanā) — a request; a petition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønn — a request; a petition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bønn — a request; a petition
  • Polish: pragnienie — a request; a petition
  • Portuguese: petição — a request; a petition
  • Portuguese: prece — a request; a petition
  • Russian: мольба́ (molʹbá) — a request; a petition
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh — a request; a petition
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀лба — a request; a petition
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòlba — a request; a petition
  • Sotho: kopo — a request; a petition
  • Swedish: bön — a request; a petition
  • Welsh: gweddi — a request; a petition
  • Welsh: erfyniad — a request; a petition
  • Afrikaans: bidder — one who prays
  • Arabic: مُصَلٍّ (muṣallin) — one who prays
  • Basque: otoizlari — one who prays
  • Basque: otoizgile — one who prays
  • Bengali: মুসল্লি (muśolli) — one who prays
  • Bengali: নামাজী (namaji) — one who prays
  • Bulgarian: молещ се (molešt se) — one who prays
  • Czech: modlitel — one who prays
  • Czech: modlitelka — one who prays
  • German: Beter — one who prays
  • German: Beterin — one who prays
  • Greek: προσευχόμενος (prosefchómenos) — one who prays
  • Italian: pregatore — one who prays
  • Italian: pregatrice — one who prays
  • Central Kurdish: نوێژکەر (nwêjker) — one who prays
  • Portuguese: orador — one who prays
  • Portuguese: oradora — one who prays
  • Portuguese: rezador — one who prays
  • Portuguese: rezadora — one who prays
  • Sotho: mothapeli — one who prays
  • Spanish: orador — one who prays
  • Spanish: oradora — one who prays
  • Spanish: orante — one who prays
  • Spanish: rezador — one who prays
  • Swedish: bedjare — one who prays
  • Swedish: förbedjare — one who prays
  • Turkish: duacı — one who prays
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