Definitions For Namaste

Verb

namastes , namasteing , namasted (intransitive) To utter "namaste". : {{ux, en, The yoga instructor namasted, and the class began.}}

Related terms

namaskar

Noun

NAMASTE (plural NAMASTEs) The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow. 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

Arabic: ناماستي Armenian: նամաստե Assamese: নমস্কাৰ Bengali: নমস্কার Catalan: nàmaste Chinese: : Mandarin: 那摩斯戴 (nàmósīdài, sc=Hani) Czech: namasté Finnish: namaste French: namasté German: Namaste, n Gujarati: નમસ્તે Hindi: नमस्ते Italian: namaste, namasté, namastèe, namaskar Japanese: ナマステ (namasute, sc=Jpan) Kannada: ನಮಸ್ತೆ, sc=Knda Korean: 나마스테, sc=Kore Malayalam: നമസ്തേ, sc=Mlym Marathi: नमस्ते, sc=Deva Nepali: नमस्ते Norwegian: namaste Persian: نمسته (namaste) Polish: namaste Portuguese: namastê, namaste Punjabi: : Gurmukhi: ਨਮਸਤੇ : Shahmukhi: نمستے (namaste, sc=pa-Arab) Romanian: namaste Russian: намастэ́, n}}, {{t, ru, намасте́, n (namastɛ́) Sanskrit: नमस्ते Spanish: namasté, námaste Swedish: namaste Tamil: நமஸ்தே, sc=Taml Telugu: నమస్తే, sc=Telu Urdu: نمستے (namaste)

Interjection

{{en-interj}} Literally "I bow to you"; used as a greeting or acknowledgement of the equality of all, which pays honor to the sacredness of all.

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, sa, नमस्ते}}, from नमस्, tr=námas, , bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, and ते, , to you,Namaste, Oxford English Dictionary, Draft Revision June 2003. from {{der, en, iir-pro, námas, , to bow, prostrate}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *némos, , sacrifice, worship}}. Compare {{cog, fa, نماز, tr=namâz}}.