Pray in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “pray” in Hindi is प्रार्थना करना, pronounced puja — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
call upon in supplication; entreat
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-
Proto-Italic *preks
Latin prex
Latin precārī
Late Latin precāre
Old French proiier
Anglo-Norman preierbor.
Middle English preien
English pray
Inherited from Middle English preien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Late Latin precāre, from Latin precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.
Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.
Quick facts about “pray”
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Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-
Proto-Italic *preks
Latin prex
Latin precārī
Late Latin precāre
Old French proiier
Anglo-Norman preierbor.
Middle English preien
English pray
Inherited from Middle English preien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Late Latin precāre, from Latin precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.
Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.
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