નમસ્તે

Gujarati

Gujarati phrasebook

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈnə.məs.t̪eː/

Interjection

નમસ્તે • (namaste)

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

   Synonym: નમસ્કાર (namaskār)

Related terms

• નમવું (namvũ)
• નમસ્કાર (namaskār)
• નમાજ (namāj)
• નરમ (naram)

 

Further reading

More information

• “નમસ્તે”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “નમસ્તે”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “નમસ્તે”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নমস্তে (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬫᬲ᭄ᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• নমস্তে (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰦𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• နမသ္တေ (Burmese script)
• नमस्ते (Devanagari script)
• ਨਮਸ੍ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦩꦱ꧀ꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂧𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ನಮಸ್ತೇ (Kannada script)
• នមស្តេ (Khmer script)
• ນມສ຺ເຕ (Lao script)
• നമസ്തേ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘦𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠮᠠᠰᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧆𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐩𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ନମସ୍ତେ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢪꢱ꣄ꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆩𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖦𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• නමස‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩴𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚢𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• நமஸ்தே (Tamil script)
• నమస్తే (Telugu script)
• นมสฺเต (Thai script)
• ན་མ་སྟེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒧𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨢𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Interjection

નમસ્તે • (namaste)

1. Gujarati script form of नमस्ते
   • 1940, સંઘ પ્રાર્થના :

     નમસ્તે સદા વત્સલે માતૃભૂમે
     ત્વયા હિન્દુભૂમે સુખં વર્ધિતોઽહમ્
     મહામઙ્ગલે પુણ્યભૂમે ત્વદર્થે
     પતત્વેષ કાયો નમસ્તે નમસ્તે

     namaste sadā vatsale mātṛbhūme
     tvayā hindubhūme sukhaṃ vardhito’ham
     mahāmaṅgale puṇyabhūme tvadarthe
     patatveṣa kāyo namaste namaste

     Homage to you always, dear motherland; I have been brought up happily by you, O Hindu land;
     May this body fall for you, O much auspicious holy land!
     Salutations to you, salutations to you.