नमो

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.moː/, [nɐ.moː]

Noun

नमो • (namo)

1. vocative plural of नम (nam, “moisture”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• namo (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀫𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• নমো (Bengali script)
• නමො (Sinhalese script)
• နမော or ၼမေႃ (Burmese script)
• นโม or นะโม (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນໂມ or ນະໂມ (Lao script)
• នមោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟𑄮 (Chakma script)

Particle

नमो

1. Devanagari script form of namo (“salutation”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page xliii; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     नमो तस्स भगवतो अरहतो सम्मासम्बुद्‌धस्स

     namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

     Salutation to the Blessed, Passionless and Fully Enlightened One.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From नमः (namaḥ), a form of नमस् (namas), where the final visarga of नमः (namaḥ) is augmented by sandhi involving a voiced (saghoṣa) consonant.

Noun

नमो • (namo)

1. bow, obeisance, salutation
2. homage