नमस्कार

Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.məs.kɑːɾ/, [nɐ.mɐs.käːɾ], /nə.məʃ.kɑːɾ/, [nɐ.mɐʃ.käːɾ]

Interjection

नमस्कार • (namaskār) (Urdu spelling نمسکار)

1. a salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, good morning/afternoon, and goodbye

   Synonym: नमस्ते (namaste)

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʌmʌskär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: नमस्कार्

Interjection

नमस्कार • (namaskār)

1. (respectful) A salutation; a greeting used for most purposes including hello, good morning/afternoon, and goodbye

See also

• नमस्ते [namaste]

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নমস্কাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬫᬲ᭄ᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• নমস্কার (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰦𑰭𑰿𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• နမသ္ကာရ (Burmese script)
• નમસ્કાર (Gujarati script)
• ਨਮਸ੍ਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦩꦱ꧀ꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂧𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• នមស្ការ (Khmer script)
• ນມສ຺ກາຣ (Lao script)
• നമസ്കാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘦𑘭𑘿𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠮᠠᠰᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧆𑧍𑧠𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐩𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନମସ୍କାର (Odia script)
• ꢥꢪꢱ꣄ꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆩𑆱𑇀𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖦𑖭𑖿𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• නමස‍්කාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩴𑪁 𑪙𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚢𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• நமஸ்கார (Tamil script)
• నమస్కార (Telugu script)
• นมสฺการ (Thai script)
• ན་མ་སྐཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒧𑒮𑓂𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨢𑨰𑩇𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From नमस् (námas, “bow, obeisance”) from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”) + कार (kāra, “action”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.mɐs.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.mɐs̪ˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

नमस्कार • (namaskārá) stem, m

1. the exclamation of नमस् (námas), adoration, homage
2. a sort of poison

Derived terms

• सूर्यनमस्कार (sūryanamaskāra)

 

Descendants

• → Sylheti: ꠘꠝꠡ꠆ꠇꠣꠞ (nomośxar)
• → Bengali: নমস্কার (nomoskar)
• → Hindi: नमस्कार (namaskār)
• → Marathi: नमस्कार (namaskār)
• → Khmer: នមស្ការ (numskaa)
• → Malayalam: നമസ്കാരം (namaskāraṁ)
• Pali: namakkāra
  • → Thai: นมักการ
• → Thai: นมัสการ (ná-mát-sà-gaan)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नमस्कार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528.