อัญชลี

Thai

Alternative forms

  • อัญชุลี, ชุลี

Etymology

From Pali añjali (salutation; reverence; etc), from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali, idem); perhaps via Old Khmer ʼañjali, ʼañjuli (the pressing of palms together for expressing respect or reverence). Cognate with Modern Khmer អញ្ជលី (ʼɑɑñcɔɔlii), អញ្ជុលី (ʼɑɑñculii); Burmese အဉ္ဇလီ (anyja.li).

Pronunciation

Orthographicอัญชลี
ɒ ạ ɲ d͡ʑ l ī
Phonemic
อัน-ชะ-ลี
ɒ ạ n – d͡ʑ a – l ī
RomanizationPaiboonan-chá-lii
Royal Institutean-cha-li
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔan˧.t͡ɕʰa˦˥.liː˧/(R)

Noun

อัญชลี • (an-chá-lii)

  1. (elegant) the pressing of palms together in order to express respect or reverence; respect or reverence expressed in such manner.

Verb

อัญชลี • (an-chá-lii) (abstract noun การอัญชลี)

  1. (elegant) to express respect or reverence in such manner.

Derived terms

  • กตัญชลี
  • กฤดาญชลี
  • กฤดาอัญชลี
  • กฤษฎาญชลี