namaskara
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra, “respectful greeting”), a compound of नमस् (namas, “bow, obeisance”) + कार (kāra, “action”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]namaskara (first-person possessive namaskaraku, second-person possessive namaskaramu, third-person possessive namaskaranya)
- (archaeology) position in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly as greeting.
Further reading
[edit]- “namaskara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.