namaste

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, literally “salutation to you”). === Pronunciation === (Western) IPA(key): /ˈnʌməsteɪ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /nəməsˈt̪e/ === Interjection === namaste A greeting in contexts relating to Indian culture or the New Age movement. (proscribed) Thank you (via a misunderstanding of the meaning of the associated gesture). === Noun === namaste (plural namastes) The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow. In yoga, the pose associated with this word, usually with the flat hands held palms together, fingers up, in front of the heart and a slight bow. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === namaste (third-person singular simple present namastes, present participle namasteing, simple past and past participle namasted) (intransitive) To utter "namaste". ==== Related terms ==== namaskar ==== See also ==== Appendix:Gestures/namaste === Anagrams === Amantes, Amentas, Eastman, Eatmans, Smetana, smetana == Portuguese == === Interjection === namaste nonstandard spelling of namastê