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Pronunciation / Transliteration: paathak
"प्रसिद्ध पाठक ने सुंदर कविता सुनाई।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who recites something, especially poetry, passages, or sacred texts aloud from memory or from a text.
"The renowned reciter delivered an emotional performance of Shakespeare's sonnets." - 2
A person who professionally or publicly chants or reads sacred scriptures, such as the Quran or liturgical texts.
"Listeners gathered at the mosque to hear the visiting Quran reciter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word reciten, originating from Old French reciter, which stems from the Latin recitare, meaning 'to read aloud, declaim, or recite.' The suffix -er is added to denote a person who performs the action.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Reciter" is said worldwide
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récitateur
Transliteration: /ʁe.si.ta.tœʁ/
"Le récitateur a ému toute l'assemblée avec son poème."
Rezitator
Transliteration: /ʁet͡siˈtaːtoːɐ̯/
"Der Rezitator trug das Gedicht mit großer Expressivität vor."
recitatore
Transliteration: /re.t͡ʃi.taˈto.re/
"Il recitatore ha iniziato la sua esibizione teatrale."
recitador
Transliteration: /re.si.taˈðoɾ/
"El recitador cautivó al público con sus versos."
recitador
Transliteration: /ʁe.si.taˈdoʁ/
"O recitador declamou um belo poema clássico."
पाठक
Transliteration: paathak
"प्रसिद्ध पाठक ने सुंदर कविता सुनाई।"
朗诵者
Transliteration: lǎng sòng zhě
"这位朗诵者深情地朗读了这首诗。"
낭송자
Transliteration: nangsongja
"낭송자가 무대 위에서 시를 읽기 시작했다."
朗読者
Transliteration: rōdokusha
"その朗読者の声は観客を魅了した。"
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