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pranama

pranama noun: the touching of the feet in Indian culture as a sign of respect.

Noun

pranama (countable and uncountable, plural pranamas)

  1. The touching of the feet in Indian culture as a sign of respect.
  2. A reverential salutation, obeisance, prostration, bow

pranama meaning in Malayalam

pranama in Malayalam

pranama; salutation
പ്രണാമം praṇāmaṁ

Forms of pranama

pluralpranamas
alternative formpranam

Origin of pranama

From Sanskrit प्रणाम (praṇāma).

Questions about pranama

What does pranama mean?
Pranama means the touching of the feet in Indian culture as a sign of respect.
What is pranama in Malayalam?
Pranama in Malayalam is പ്രണാമം (praṇāmaṁ). See Pranama meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is pranama?
Pranama is a noun.
What is the plural of pranama?
The plural of pranama is pranamas.

Words near pranama in the dictionary

  1. Pramodoota
  2. pramoxine
  3. prams
  4. prana
  5. pranam
  6. pranama
  7. pranamas
  8. pranams
  9. pranas
  10. Pranay
  11. pranayam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pranama (page history and authors); പ്രണാമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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