different between namaskar vs namaste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (namask?ra), from ???? (namas, “bow, obeisance”) +? ??? (k?ra, “action”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nam??sk??/

Noun

namaskar (plural namaskars)

1. (India) The use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 228:

     I bowed down, did namaskar and said a prayer.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 83:

     Navinchandra greeted the Counsellor with a namaskar; Buddhidhan responded solemnly.

Related terms

• namaste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ?????? (namaste), from ???? (námas, “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation”), and ?? (te, “to you”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“to bow, prostrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“sacrifice, worship”). Compare Persian ????? (namâz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m?ste?/

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.
   • 2013, Susan Clare, Namaste Baby: A Journey to Surrogacy in India, Troubador Publishing Ltd ?ISBN, page 241

     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

Verb

namaste (third-person singular simple present namastes, present participle namasteing, simple past and past participle namasted)

1. (intransitive) To utter "namaste".

Related terms

• namaskar

See also

• Appendix:Gestures/namaste

References

Anagrams

• Amantes, Amentas, Eastman, Eatmans, Smetana, smetana

Portuguese

Interjection

namaste

1. Alternative form of namastê