namaskar

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra), from नमस् (namas, “bow, obeisance”) +‎ कार (kāra, “action”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /naməˈskɑː/ === Noun === namaskar (countable and uncountable, plural namaskars) (India) The use of the greeting in which one puts one's hands together and bows slightly; greeting with a namaste. [from 19th c.] 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 83: Navinchandra greeted the Counsellor with a namaskar; Buddhidhan responded solemnly. ==== Related terms ==== namaste