namaste
English
/ˈnʌməsteɪ/
interj
Definitions
- 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 Sanskrit नमस्ते derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (bow, prostrate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *némos (worship, sacrifice).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*némos
Gloss
worship, sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nemus Latin
- Namaste German
- намаз Russian
- νέμος Ancient Greek
- *némos Proto-Indo-European
- नमस्ते Sanskrit
- नमस्ते Hindi
- नमाज़ Hindi
- جانماز Persian
- دستنماز Persian
- نماز Persian
- ละหมาด Thai
- намаз Kazakh
- namaz Azerbaijani
- نماز Ottoman Turkish
- নমাজ Assamese
- নামাজ Assamese
- 乃瑪子 Chinese
- *namas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *námas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *námas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- নমাজ Bengali
- নামাজ Bengali
- نماز Urdu
- نمستے Urdu
- ناماز Uighur, Uyghur
- 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 Middle Persian
- *námah Proto-Iranian
- namaz Crimean Tatar
- नमस्ते Nepali
- നമസ്തേ Malayalam
- निमाज Rajasthani
- निवाज Rajasthani
- ନମସ୍ତେ Oriya