Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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

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)

-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.

devotional

UK /dɪˈvəʊʃənəl/ · US /dɪˈvoʊʃənəl/ noun, adjective

Forms devotionals

noun A brief religious service. “To prepare for leading a devotional, select a theme appropriate to the occasion.”
noun A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion. “Each page of the book offers a short devotional that inspires thought and self-reflection.”
adjective (usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship. “She spent much time playing devotional music.”

Etymology

From devotion + -al.

adjective Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

Etymology [L. devotionalis.]

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

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

चटु caṭu kind or flattering discourse; a scream, screech; a devotional posture among ascetics; ( us ), m. the belly.
अब्रह्मन् a-brahman unaccompanied by devotion or devotional hymns, wanting in knowledge or divine wisdom; separated from the Brā…
औपासन aupāsana the fire used for domestic worship; (scil. piṇḍa ), a small cake offered to the manes; ( as, ī, am ), perfor…
मति mati devotion, prayer, worship, devotional hymn, sacred utterance (Vedic); that which is sensible, intelligent, m…
यज्ञ yajña prayer, devotion, homage, praise, (used in the older language with these meanings; cf. Zend yaśna ); worship…
शिवभक्तिसिद्धि śiva-bhakti-siddhi ‘performance of the worship of Śiva,’ name of a devotional work;
सन्ध्यात्व sandhyā-tva the state of twilight; the time of twilight (period for devotional exercises).
स्वर्णदी svar-ṇadī the river of heaven, the celestial Ganges; a kind of shrub (= vṛścikālī). —Svar-ṇara, as, m., Vedic the lord…