Etymology

Femenine of Sanskrit अर्चन (arcana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əɾ.t͡ʃə.nɑː/, [ɐɾ.t͡ʃɐ.näː]Category:Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation#अर्चना

Noun

अर्चना • (arcanā) fCategory:Hindi lemmas#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi nouns#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi entries with incorrect language header#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi feminine nouns#अर्चनाCategory:Pages with entries#अर्चनाCategory:Pages with 1 entry#अर्चना

1. worship

   Synonym: पूजा (pūjā)

2. prayer

   Synonym: प्रार्थना (prārthanā)

Proper noun

अर्चना • (arcanā) fCategory:Hindi lemmas#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi proper nouns#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi entries with incorrect language header#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi feminine nouns#अर्चनाCategory:Pages with entries#अर्चनाCategory:Pages with 1 entry#अर्चना

1. a male given name, Archana, from SanskritCategory:Hindi given names#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi male given names#अर्चनाCategory:Hindi male given names from Sanskrit#अर्चना

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अर्चना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 319
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अर्चना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 56