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Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PRAYER Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-#PRAYER

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#PRAYER Category:English terms derived from Middle English#PRAYER preiere, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#PRAYER preiere, from Early Medieval Latin Category:English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#PRAYER precāria, derived from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#PRAYER precem. Displaced native Old English ġebed (whence modern English bead).

Noun

prayer (countable and uncountable, plural prayers)Category:English lemmas#PRAYER Category:English nouns#PRAYER Category:English uncountable nouns#PRAYER Category:English countable nouns#PRAYER Category:English countable nouns#PRAYER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#PRAYER Category:Pages with entries#PRAYER Category:Pages with 1 entry#PRAYER

(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#PRAYER) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER

In many cultures, prayer involves singing.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER
(countable Category:English countable nouns#PRAYER) An act of praying.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] , down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
  Category:English terms with quotations#PRAYER
- 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:
  In that spirit, we’ll close with the wish we always offer at the end of our annual review, although this time it’s more of a prayer: Happy new year.
  Category:English terms with quotations#PRAYER
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
The specific words or methods used for praying.
Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER

For Baha'is, there's a difference between obligatory prayers and devotional prayers.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER
(countable Category:English countable nouns#PRAYER) A request; a petition.
This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER
(in the singular, mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.
That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.Category:English terms with usage examples#PRAYER

Synonyms

orison, precation
bead (archaic)

Translations

practice of communicating with one's God

Category:Entries with translation boxes#PRAYER

Afrikaans: gebed (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Albanian: lutje (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#PRAYER
Altai:
Southern Altai: мӧргӱ (mörgü)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#PRAYER, кудай сӧзӱ (kuday sözü)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#PRAYER
Amharic: ጸሎት (ṣälot)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#PRAYER
Apache:
Western Apache: ʼokąąhíCategory:Terms with Western Apache translations#PRAYER
Arabic: صَلَاة f (ṣalāh)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PRAYER, دُعَاء m (duʕāʔ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PRAYER
Egyptian Arabic: صلا f (ṣála)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#PRAYER

Hijazi Arabic: صلاة f (ṣalā)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#PRAYER, دُعا m (duʕa)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#PRAYER
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܨܠܘܬܐ f (ṣəlōṯā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#PRAYER

Jewish Aramaic: צְלוֹתָא f (ṣəlôṯā)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#PRAYER
Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġotʻkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PRAYER
Assamese: প্ৰাৰ্থনা (prarthona)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#PRAYER
Asturian: oración fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#PRAYER
Avar: дугӏа (duʻa)Category:Terms with Avar translations#PRAYER
Azerbaijani: dua (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PRAYER, namaz (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PRAYER
Balinese: mantraCategory:Terms with Balinese translations#PRAYER, japaCategory:Terms with Balinese translations#PRAYER, saaCategory:Terms with Balinese translations#PRAYER
Bashkir: доға (doğa)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#PRAYER, намаҙ (namaź)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#PRAYER
Basque: otoitz (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER, otoiCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER
Belarusian: малі́тва (be) f (malítva)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PRAYER
Bengali: প্রার্থনা (bn) (prarthona)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER, নামাজ (bn) (namaj)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER, সালাত (bn) (śalat)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER, দোয়া (bn) (dōẇa)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER
Bikol:
Central Bikol: pangadyi (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#PRAYER
Bulgarian: моли́тва (bg) f (molítva)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Burmese: ပတ္ထနာ (my) (pathta.na)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PRAYER
Carpathian Rusyn: молитва f (molytva)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#PRAYER
Catalan: oració (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#PRAYER, pregària (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#PRAYER
Chakma: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Chakma#PRAYER
Chinese:
Cantonese: 祈禱 / 祈祷 (kei⁴ tou²)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#PRAYER

Dungan: дўвар (dwvar)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#PRAYER

Hokkien: 祈禱 / 祈祷 (zh-min-nan) (kî-tó)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#PRAYER

Mandarin: 祈禱 / 祈祷 (zh) (qídǎo)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PRAYER
Chuvash: кӗлӗ (kĕlĕ)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#PRAYER
Circassian:
West Circassian: дыухьэ (dəwuḥɛ)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#PRAYER
Czech: modlitba (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER
Danish: bøn (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PRAYER
Dhivehi: ނަމާދު (namādu)Category:Terms with Dhivehi translations#PRAYER
Dusun:
Central Dusun: samb̲ayangCategory:Terms with Central Dusun translations#PRAYER
Dutch: gebed (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PRAYER
Egyptian:

(zšꜣ)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(nḥ)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations
Estonian: palveCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#PRAYER
Faroese: bøn fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#PRAYER
Finnish: rukous (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER, rukoileminen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER
French: prière (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#PRAYER
Friulian: preiere fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#PRAYER, orazionCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#PRAYER, jaculatorieCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#PRAYER
Galician: oración (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#PRAYER, orazón fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#PRAYER
Georgian: ლოცვა (locva)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#PRAYER
German: Gebet (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER
Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 f (bida)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#PRAYER, (request) 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (aihtrōns)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχή (el) f (prosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Ancient Greek: εὐχή f (eukhḗ)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#PRAYER
Gujarati: પ્રાર્થના (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#PRAYER
Hausa: salla (ha)Category:Terms with Hausa translations#PRAYER
Hebrew: תפילה \ תְּפִלָּה (he) f (t'filá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PRAYER
Hindi: प्रार्थना (hi) m (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER, अर्चना (hi) f (arcanā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER, उपासना (hi) f (upāsnā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER, वंदना (hi) f (vandnā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER, नमाज़ f (namāz)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER (Islam), दुआ (hi) f (duā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER
Hungarian: ima (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER
Icelandic: bæn (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#PRAYER
Indonesian: doa (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER, sembahyang (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER, salat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER, solat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER,
Ingrian: malitvaCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#PRAYER, rissimäCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#PRAYER (obsolete)
Ingush: дуӏа (duˀa)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#PRAYER
Iranun: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Iranun#PRAYER
Irish: guí fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER, urnaí mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER, paidir fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER
Old Irish: guide fCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#PRAYER
Italian: preghiera (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PRAYER, orazione (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PRAYER, prece (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#PRAYER
Japanese: 祈り (ja) (いのり, inori)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PRAYER, 祈祷 (ja) (きとう, kitō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PRAYER
Javanese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Javanese#PRAYER
Kannada: ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ (kn) (prārthane)Category:Terms with Kannada translations#PRAYER
Kazakh: дұға (dūğa)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PRAYER, мінәжат (mınäjat)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PRAYER, бата (kk) (bata)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PRAYER, намаз (namaz)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PRAYER
Khmer: ធម៌ (km) (thɔə)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PRAYER
Korean: 기도(祈禱) (ko) (gido)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PRAYER, 빔 (bim)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوێژ (ckb) (nwêj)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#PRAYER

Northern Kurdish: nivêj (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Kyrgyz: дуба (ky) (duba)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#PRAYER, намаз (ky) (namaz)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#PRAYER
Ladin: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Ladin#PRAYER
Lao: ພາວະນາ (phā wa nā)Category:Terms with Lao translations#PRAYER, ອະຖິຖານ (ʼa thi thān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#PRAYER
Latin: prex fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PRAYER, precatio fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PRAYER
Latvian: lūgšana (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PRAYER
Lezgi: дуьа (düa)Category:Terms with Lezgi translations#PRAYER
Ligurian: preghëa fCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#PRAYER
Lithuanian: malda (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PRAYER
Lombard: orazión fCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#PRAYER
Lü: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Lü#PRAYER
Lutuv: thlaachuonaCategory:Terms with Lutuv translations#PRAYER
Luxembourgish: Gebiet nCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#PRAYER
Macedonian: молитва (mk) f (molitva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER
Maguindanao: cadsambayangCategory:Terms with Maguindanao translations#PRAYER
Malay: sembahyangCategory:Terms with Malay translations#PRAYER, solat (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#PRAYER
Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (ml) (prāṟtthana)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#PRAYER
Māori: karakiaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PRAYER
Maranao: sambayangCategory:Terms with Maranao translations#PRAYER
Marwari: गुजारिस (gujāris)Category:Terms with Marwari translations#PRAYER
Minangkabau: doa (min)Category:Terms with Minangkabau translations#PRAYER
Mon: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mon#PRAYER
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: залбирал (mn) (zalbiral)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#PRAYER

Mongolian script: ᠵᠠᠯᠪᠠᠷᠢᠯ (ǰalbaril)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#PRAYER
Navajo: sodizinCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#PRAYER
Nepali: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Nepali#PRAYER
Norman: priéthe fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#PRAYER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bønn (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PRAYER

Nynorsk: bønn fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PRAYER
Occitan: prègaCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#PRAYER
Odia: ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Odia translations#PRAYER
Ojibwe: anami'ewinCategory:Terms with Ojibwe translations#PRAYER
Okinawan: かみにげー (kaminigē)Category:Terms with Okinawan translations#PRAYER, 御願 (うぐゎん, ugwan)Category:Terms with Okinawan translations#PRAYER
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: молитва f (molitva)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#PRAYER

Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⰾⰻⱅⰲⰰ f (molitva)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#PRAYER
Old East Slavic: молитва f (molitva)Category:Terms with Old East Slavic translations#PRAYER
Old English: ġebed nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PRAYER
Oromo: kadhataCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#PRAYER
Pannonian Rusyn: молитва f (molitva)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#PRAYER
Pashto: لمونځ (ps) m (lmunz)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#PRAYER, صلات m (salāt)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#PRAYER, دعا (ps) f (do'ā)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#PRAYER
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نَماز (namâz)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Persian translations#PRAYER, دُعا (do'â)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Persian translations#PRAYER, صَلات (salât)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Persian translations#PRAYER
Piedmontese: orassion fCategory:Terms with Piedmontese translations#PRAYER
Plautdietsch: Jebäd nCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#PRAYER
Polish: modlitwa (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER, modły (pl) f plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER, oracja (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: oração (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, prece (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, reza (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#PRAYER
Rohingya: duaCategory:Terms with Rohingya translations#PRAYER
Romagnol: urazionCategory:Terms with Romagnol translations#PRAYER
Romanian: rugăciune (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER
Romansh: uraziunCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PRAYER, oraziunCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PRAYER, uraztgùnCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PRAYER, urazchunCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PRAYER
Russian: моли́тва (ru) f (molítva)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER, нама́з (ru) m (namáz)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER (Islam)
Sami:
Northern Sami: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Northern Sami#PRAYER
Sanskrit: प्रार्थना (sa) (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#PRAYER
Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PRAYER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀литва (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER

Latin: mòlitva (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER
Shan: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Shan#PRAYER
Sherpa: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Sherpa#PRAYER
Sicilian: prijera fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#PRAYER
Sindhi: نماز (̃māz)Category:Terms with Sindhi translations#PRAYER
Slovak: modlitba fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PRAYER
Slovene: molitev (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PRAYER
Sotho: thapelo (st)Category:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Spanish: oración (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, rezo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, plegaria (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER
Swahili: swala (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bön (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Tagalog: dasal (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#PRAYER
Tai Nüa: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Tai Nüa#PRAYER
Tajik: намоз (tg) (namoz)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PRAYER, дуъо (tg) (du'o)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PRAYER, дуо (tg) (duo)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PRAYER, салот (salot)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PRAYER
Tamil: பிரார்த்தனை (ta) (pirārttaṉai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#PRAYER
Tatar: намаз (tt) (namaz)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#PRAYER, дога (doğa)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#PRAYER
Telugu: ప్రార్థన (te) (prārthana)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#PRAYER
Thai: อธิษฐาน (th) (à-tít-tǎan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PRAYER, สวดมนต์ (sùuat-mon)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PRAYER, ภาวนา (th) (paa-wá-naa)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PRAYER
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Northern Thai#PRAYER
Tibetan: བཀའ་བསྒོ (bka' bsgo)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#PRAYER
Tigrinya: ጸሎት (ṣälot)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#PRAYER
Tok Pisin: preaCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#PRAYER
Turkish: dua (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER, namaz (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER
Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER, نماز (namâz)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER
Turkmen: dilegCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#PRAYER, dogaCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#PRAYER, namazCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#PRAYER
Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎚 (ṣlt)Category:Terms with Ugaritic translations#PRAYER
Ukrainian: моли́тва (uk) f (molýtva)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PRAYER
Urdu: نَماز (ur) f (namāz)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PRAYER, دُعا f (du'ā)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PRAYER, صَلات f (salāt)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PRAYER
Uyghur: ناماز (ug) (namaz)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#PRAYER, دۇئا (du'a)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#PRAYER
Uzbek: duo (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#PRAYER, namoz (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#PRAYER, salot (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#PRAYER (dated)
Venetan: orassión fCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#PRAYER
Vietnamese: kinh cầu nguyệnCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER (經求願Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER), kinh nguyệnCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER (經願Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER), ý nguyệnCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER (意願Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PRAYER)
Waray-Waray: pa-nga-diCategory:Terms with Waray-Waray translations#PRAYER, pa-nga-djiCategory:Terms with Waray-Waray translations#PRAYER
Welsh: gweddi (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PRAYER
Yiddish: תּפֿילה f (tfile)Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#PRAYER
Zazaki: duwaCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#PRAYER
Zhuang: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Zhuang#PRAYER

the act of praying

Category:Entries with translation boxes#PRAYER

Afrikaans: bid (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Albanian: lutje (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#PRAYER
Arabic: صَلَاة f (ṣalāh)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PRAYER
Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġotʻkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PRAYER
Bashkir: доға (doğa)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#PRAYER
Basque: otoitzaldiCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER, otoitz (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER
Bulgarian: моли́тва (bg) f (molítva)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Catalan: rés (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PRAYER
Czech: modlitba (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER, modlení (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER
Danish: bøn (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PRAYER
Dutch: gebed (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PRAYER, bidden (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PRAYER
Egyptian:

(zšꜣ)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(nḥ)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations
Esperanto: preĝoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#PRAYER
Finnish: rukoileminen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER
German: Gebet (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχή (el) f (prosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Ancient Greek: εὐχή f (eukhḗ)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#PRAYER
Hindi: वंदना (hi) f (vandnā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER
Hungarian: imádkozás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER, imádság (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER, fohászkodás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER
Indonesian: doa (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER
Irish: guí fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER, urnaí mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER
Old Irish: guide fCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#PRAYER
Japanese: 祈り (ja) (いのり, inori)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PRAYER
Judeo-Italian: אוּרַאצִיאוֹנַה f (ʾuraṣiʾonah /⁠uraziona⁠/)Category:Terms with Judeo-Italian translations#PRAYER
Kazakh: бата (kk) (bata)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوێژ کردن (nwêj kirdin)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Latin: precatio fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PRAYER
Macedonian: молитва (mk) f (molitva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER, молење n (molenje)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER
Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (ml) (prāṟtthana)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#PRAYER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bønn (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PRAYER

Nynorsk: bønn fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PRAYER
Old English: ġebed nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PRAYER
Pashto: لمونځ (ps) m (lmunz)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#PRAYER
Plautdietsch: Jebäd nCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#PRAYER
Polish: modlitwa (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER, modły (pl) f plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: oração (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, reza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Romanian: rugăciune (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER
Romansh: uraziun fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#PRAYER
Russian: моли́тва (ru) f (molítva)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER
Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PRAYER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀литва (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER

Latin: mòlitva (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER
Slovene: molitev (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PRAYER
Sotho: ho rapelaCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Spanish: rezo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER
Swahili: swali (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Tagalog: pagdarasalCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#PRAYER, panalangin (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#PRAYER
Turkish: dua (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER
Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER, نماز (namâz)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER
Yiddish: תּפֿילה f (tfile)Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#PRAYER Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#PRAYER

the specific words or methods used for praying

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Afrikaans: gebed (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Arabic: صَلَاة f (ṣalāh)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PRAYER
Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġotʻkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PRAYER
Bashkir: доға (doğa)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#PRAYER
Bulgarian: молитва (bg) f (molitva)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Czech: modlitba (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER
Dutch: gebed (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#PRAYER
Finnish: rukous (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER
French: prière (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#PRAYER
German: Gebet (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχή (el) f (prosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Hungarian: ima (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER, imádság (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER, fohász (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PRAYER
Indonesian: doa (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#PRAYER
Irish: paidir fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دوعا (du'a)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#PRAYER

Northern Kurdish: dua (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Latin: precatio fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#PRAYER
Macedonian: молитва (mk) f (molitva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER
Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (ml) (prāṟtthana)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#PRAYER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bønn (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PRAYER

Nynorsk: bønn fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PRAYER
Pashto: لمونځ (ps) m (lmunz)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#PRAYER
Polish: modlitwa (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: oração (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, reza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Romagnol: urazionCategory:Terms with Romagnol translations#PRAYER
Russian: моли́тва (ru) f (molítva)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER
Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PRAYER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀литва (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER

Latin: mòlitva (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER
Slovene: molitev (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PRAYER
Sotho: mantswe a thapeloCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Spanish: oración (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, rezo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, preces f plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER
Swahili: swala (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PRAYER, sala (sw) class 9/10Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Turkish: dua (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER
Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER, نماز (namâz)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PRAYER
Ukrainian: молитва (uk) f (molytva)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PRAYER, пацєр (pacjer)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PRAYER
Welsh: gweddi (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PRAYER

a meeting held for the express purpose of praying

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Afrikaans: gebedsontmoetingCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Bulgarian: моле́бен m (molében)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Finnish: rukoushetkiCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER
French: prières (fr) f plCategory:Terms with French translations#PRAYER
German: Gottesdienst (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχή (el) f (prosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER, συμπροσευχή f (symprosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوێژ (ckb) (nwêj)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#PRAYER

Northern Kurdish: nivêj (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Macedonian: молитва (mk) f (molitva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER
Malayalam: പ്രാർത്ഥന (ml) (prāṟtthana)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#PRAYER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bønnemøte nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PRAYER
Polish: modlitwa (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER, modły (pl) f plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: missa (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, culto (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Romanian: serviciu divin (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER, slujbă religioasă fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER
Russian: моле́бен (ru) m (molében)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER
Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PRAYER
Slovene: molitev (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PRAYER
Sotho: kopano ya thapeloCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER, förbön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Turkish: dua (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER

a request; a petition

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Afrikaans: bede (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Bulgarian: молба́ (bg) f (molbá)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Czech: prosba (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER
Dutch: bede (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#PRAYER
Finnish: pyyntö (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PRAYER
French: prière (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχή (el) f (prosefchí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER, ικεσία (el) f (ikesía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Hindi: प्रार्थना (hi) f (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PRAYER
Macedonian: молба f (molba)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PRAYER
Marathi: प्रार्थना (prārthanā)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#PRAYER
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bønn (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PRAYER

Nynorsk: bønn fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PRAYER
Polish: pragnienie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: petição (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, prece (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Russian: мольба́ (ru) f (molʹbá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PRAYER
Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#PRAYER
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀лба fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER

Latin: mòlba (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PRAYER
Sotho: kopoCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Welsh: gweddi (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PRAYER, erfyniad mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#PRAYER

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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Ewe: ^{(please verify)} gbedodoɖaCategory:Terms with Ewe translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Ewe translations#PRAYER
German: (1,3,4) ^{(please verify)} Gebet (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of German translations#PRAYER, (2) ^{(please verify)} Beten (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of German translations#PRAYER, (5) ^{(please verify)} Prediger (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of German translations#PRAYER
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 빌기 (bilgi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} lava (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} talba fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Maltese translations#PRAYER
Old English: ^{(please verify)} ġebedCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Old English translations#PRAYER
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rugăciune (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#PRAYER, ^{(please verify)} rugăciuni f plCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#PRAYER
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} bön (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Swedish translations#PRAYER
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ప్రార్థన (te) (prārthana)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#PRAYER Category:Requests for review of Telugu translations#PRAYER (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

One who prays.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, in Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:
  If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er^[sic], a pray-er^[sic], a magic bean buyer…
  Category:English terms with quotations#PRAYER
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
- 2012, Paul O'Connor, Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City:
  Out of the 37 respondents, seven are infrequent prayers who prefer to leave the precise details of their prayer life ambiguous.
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  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

Translations

one who prays

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Afrikaans: bidderCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#PRAYER
Arabic: مُصَلٍّ m (muṣallin)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PRAYER
Basque: otoizlariCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER, otoizgileCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PRAYER
Bengali: মুসল্লি (bn) (muśolli)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER, নামাজী (namaji)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#PRAYER (Islam)
Bulgarian: молещ се (molešt se)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PRAYER
Czech: modlitel mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER, modlitelka fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PRAYER
German: Beter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER, Beterin (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#PRAYER
Greek: προσευχόμενος (el) m (prosefchómenos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PRAYER
Italian: pregatore mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PRAYER, pregatrice fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#PRAYER
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نوێژکەر (nwêjker)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#PRAYER
Portuguese: orador (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, oradora fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, rezador mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER, rezadora fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PRAYER
Sotho: mothapeliCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#PRAYER
Spanish: orador (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, oradora fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, orante nCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER, rezador mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PRAYER
Swedish: bedjare cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER, förbedjare cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#PRAYER
Turkish: duacı (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PRAYER

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prayer

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