namaste

See also: namasté and namastê

English

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Etymology

From Sanskrit नमस्ते ‎(namaste), from नमस् ‎(námas, “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation”), and ते ‎(te, “to you”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *namas- ‎(“to bow, prostrate”). Compare Persian نماز ‎(namâz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌməsteɪ/

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Interjection

namaste

1. Literally "I bow to you"; used as a greeting or acknowledgement of the equality of all, which pays honor to the sacredness of all.
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     I shuffled from one foot to the other outside the room, as I delayed going in. Finally, I took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and knocked on the door. 'Come in.' It seemed that Vimla was expecting me. 'Namaste.' She said, and gestured for me to ...

Noun

namaste ‎(plural namastes)

1. The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste with folded hands and a slight bow.
2. In yoga, the pose associated with this word, usually with the flat hands held palms together, fingers up, in front of the heart and a slight bow.

Translations

a greeting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那摩斯戴 ‎(nàmósīdài)

• French: namasté
• Gujarati: નમસ્તે ‎(namaste)
• Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) ‎(namaste)
• Italian: namaste
• Japanese: ナマステ ‎(namasute)
• Kannada: ನಮಸ್ತೆ ‎(namaste)
• Korean: 나마스테 ‎(namaseute)
• Malayalam: നമസ്തേ (ml) ‎(namastē)
• Marathi: नमस्ते ‎(namaste)
• Nepali: नमस्ते (ne) ‎(namaste)

• Persian: نمسته ‎(namaste)
• Portuguese: namastê, namaste
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਨਮਸਤੇ ‎(namaste)

  Shahmukhi: نمستے ‎(namaste)

• Russian: намастэ́ n ‎(namastɛ́), намасте́ n ‎(namastɛ́)
• Sanskrit: नमस्ते ‎(namaste)
• Spanish: namasté
• Tamil: நமஸ்தே ‎(namastē)
• Telugu: నమస్తే (te) ‎(namastē)
• Urdu: نمستے ‎(namaste)

Related terms

• namaskar
• Appendix:Gestures/namaste

Anagrams

• smetana, me satan

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Interjection

namaste

1. Alternative form of namastê