vow

Etymology
From, , that from , in turn from , from. Not related to. .

Noun

 * 1) A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
 * 2) A declaration or assertion.
 * 3)  A votive offering.
 * 1) A declaration or assertion.
 * 2)  A votive offering.
 * 1)  A votive offering.

Collocations

 * One normally makes or takes a vow, or simply vows (see below).
 * Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence, obedience, poverty, chastity, and celibacy.
 * 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow
 * 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow

Translations

 * Arabic: نَذْر
 * Egyptian Arabic: ندر
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: votu
 * Belarusian: кля́тва, кляцьба́, прыся́га, заро́к
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 愿
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: lubadus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფიცი, აღთქმა
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὅρκος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: серт
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: vōtum
 * Latvian: apsolījums
 * Lithuanian: įžadas
 * Macedonian: заклетва
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nadhiri
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: behāt
 * Ottoman Turkish: آند, سوگند
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: заклетва, присега
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: prísaha, sľub
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: nadhiri
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: wrat
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎄𐎗
 * Ukrainian: кля́тва, клятьба́, прися́га, обі́т
 * Vietnamese: lời thề, lời nguyền


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: განცხადება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Mongolian:
 * Yakut:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a vow; to promise.
 * 2)  To make a vow regarding (something).
 * The wronged woman vowed revenge.
 * 1) To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
 * The rebels vowed to continue their fight.
 * 1) To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
 * The rebels vowed to continue their fight.

Translations

 * Arabic: نَذَرَ
 * Belarusian: кля́сціся, клясці́ся
 * Bulgarian:, заклевам, закълна
 * Catalan:, prometre solemnement
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 下愿, 发愿
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: přísahat
 * Danish:, sværge
 * Dutch: gelofte afleggen,
 * Erzya: варамс
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: lubama
 * Finnish: vannoa vala,, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: აღთქმა, დაფიცება, ფიცის დადება, დაპირება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὄμνυμι
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: strengja heit
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: vōveō,
 * Latvian: apsolīt
 * Lithuanian: pažadėti
 * Macedonian: колне, заколне
 * Middle Korean: 벼기다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, sverge
 * Nynorsk: lova, sverja, sverje
 * Piedmontese: voidé
 * Russian:, , , , дава́ть обе́т, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: клети
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: prisahať
 * Slovene: prisegati,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: кля́стися, клясти́ся


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: დაფიცება, დაპირება
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: strengja heit
 * Russian:, , ,

Etymology
Probably originally. Compare.