namaste = namaskar. Hindistanda saygıyla eğilerek selam veriş. Sanskritçe kökenli bir sözcük olarak asıl anlamı içimdeki tanrı içindeki tanrıyı selamlar demektir
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Definition of namasté in English English dictionary
("the most graceful substitute" for a handshake, "slight bow, hands clasped near the heart as in prayer") (language=Hindi) [Lance Morrow, TIME, November 8, 1999]
A respectful greeting that is accompanied by a gesture of joining one's palms, with the fingertips pointing upwards The joined palms are brought close to the chest
Traditional (Hindu) greeting with hands joined at heart, eye contact and brief bow - "I bow to the divinity within you"
namasté
Hyphenation
na·ma·ste
Etymology
() From Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste), from नमस् (námas, “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation”), and ते (te, “to you”). Namaste, Oxford English Dictionary, Draft Revision June 2003.