Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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votary

UK /ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/ · US /ˈvoʊdəri/ adjective, noun

Forms votaries

  1. adjective Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
  2. noun A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
  3. noun A devotee of a particular religion or cult.
  4. noun A devout or zealous worshipper.
  5. noun (by extension) Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc.
  6. noun A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.

Synonyms

enthusiast addict buff aficionado amateur devotee fancier fan fiend freak junkie maniac zealot

Etymology

From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
  2. noun One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life. "You are already love's firm votary." Shak.

Etymology [From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to devote. See Vote, Vow.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “votary”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “votary” (best matches first).