namaskar
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/naməˈskɑː/
(UK)
Definition of namaskar
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(India, countable, uncountable)The use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste.
“To every one I met I made my namaskar, and on entering my village, I made namaskar to a bowri, (a man of low caste.)”
“I bowed down, did namaskar and said a prayer.”
“Navinchandra greeted the Counsellor with a namaskar; Buddhidhan responded solemnly.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra), from नमस् (namas, “bow, obeisance”) + कार (kāra, “action”).
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