नमस्
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration (by gesture or word)
- food
- a thunderbolt
- gift, donation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *námas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (bow, prostrate) inherited 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
- namaskar English
- nemorivagus Latin
- nemus Latin
- намаз Russian
- νέμος Ancient Greek
- *némos Proto-Indo-European
- 南無 Japanese
- कार Sanskrit
- नमस्कार Sanskrit
- नमस्ते Sanskrit
- नमाज़ Hindi
- جانماز Persian
- دستنماز Persian
- نماز Persian
- ละหมาด Thai
- namaskara Indonesian
- namaz Turkish
- намаз Kazakh
- namaz Azerbaijani
- نماز Ottoman Turkish
- নমাজ Assamese
- নামাজ Assamese
- 乃瑪子 Chinese
- 南無 Chinese
- 南膜 Chinese
- *námas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *námas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- নমাজ Bengali
- নামাজ Bengali
- نماز Urdu
- ناماز Uighur, Uyghur
- 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 Middle Persian
- *námah Proto-Iranian
- namaz Crimean Tatar
- निमाज Rajasthani
- निवाज Rajasthani