namaskar
UK/naməˈskɑː/
namaskar noun: the use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.
Noun
namaskar (countable and uncountable, plural namaskars)
- The use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.
- To every one I met I made my namaskar, and on entering my village, I made namaskar to a bowri, (a man of low caste.)1847, “Letter from Mr. Stubbins”, in The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer, page 286
- I bowed down, did namaskar and said a prayer.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 228
Forms of namaskar
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Origin of namaskar
Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra), from नमस् (namas, “bow, obeisance”) + कार (kāra, “action”).
Questions about namaskar
- What does namaskar mean?
- Namaskar means the use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.
- What part of speech is namaskar?
- Namaskar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce namaskar?
- Namaskar is pronounced /naməˈskɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of namaskar?
- The plural of namaskar is namaskars.
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