namaste
exclamation /ˈnʌməsteɪ/
/ˈnʌməsteɪ/
(Indian English)- a polite greeting said when giving a namaskar (= with the hands placed together as in prayer and the head bent forwards)
- (also namaskar)[uncountable] a way of greeting somebody in which the hands are placed together as in prayer and the head is bent forwards