petition

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from stem of , from.

Noun

 * 1) A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
 * 2) A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
 * 3)  A formal written request for judicial action.
 * 4) A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
 * 1) A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَرِيضَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: петы́цыя, хада́йніцтва, прашэ́нне
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: peticio, petskribo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: αἴτημα, δέησις
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Pëtizion
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: achainí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: петиция
 * Korean: 청원(請願)
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Ladino: petisyon, arzoal, arzuhal
 * Latin: libellus, petitio
 * Malay: petisyen
 * Maori: petihana
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Aunfroag
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: athchuinge
 * Slovak: žiadosť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, проха́ння
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: عَرِيضَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, petisiya
 * Belarusian: петы́цыя
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: petitsioon
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: პეტიცია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: achainí
 * Macedonian: петиција
 * Persian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: athchuinge
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пѐтӣција
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: petícia
 * Tajik: ариза
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: درخواست


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: achainí
 * Malay: rayuan
 * Persian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tagairt, athchuinge
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: คำร้อง


 * Finnish:


 * Irish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a request to, commonly in written form.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: подавам молба
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: impigh, achainigh
 * Maori: petihana
 * Russian:, /  (, петицию, etc.)
 * Scottish Gaelic: tagair