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Thai
Etymology
From Pali ārādhanā (“invitation; gratification; propitiation”); ultimately from Sanskrit आराधन (ārādhana, idem); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼārādhnā, ʼārādanā, ʼārāddanā, ʼārādaṇā (“to invite; to summon; to solicit; to ask a favour or boon; etc”) or Angkorian Old Khmer ʼārādhanā (idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer អារាធនា (ʼaariətniə).
Pronunciation
Verb
อาราธนา • (aa-râat-tá-naa) (abstract noun การอาราธนา)
- to summon, call, call on, invoke, invite, request, make a request to, appeal to, or entreat (a priest, sacred person, or sacred thing).