India is watching to see if the country’s traditional greeting, the namaste, described as “virus-proof,” goes global as some world leaders adopt it amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Namaste
//ˈnʌməsteɪ//
Synonyms for "namaste" (6 found)
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Translations
40 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ناماستي noun (a greeting)
Armenian
1 entries- նամաստե noun (a greeting)
Assamese
1 entries- নমস্কাৰ noun (a greeting)
Bengali
1 entries- নমস্কার noun (a greeting)
Catalan
1 entries- nàmaste noun (a greeting)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 那摩斯戴 noun (a greeting)
Czech
1 entries- namasté noun (a greeting)
Finnish
1 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
French
1 entries- namasté noun (a greeting)
German
1 entries- Namaste noun (a greeting)
Gujarati
1 entries- નમસ્તે noun (a greeting)
Hindi
1 entries- नमस्ते noun (a greeting)
Hungarian
1 entries- namaszte noun (a greeting)
Italian
4 entries- namaskar noun (a greeting)
- namaste noun (a greeting)
- namastèe noun (a greeting)
- namasté noun (a greeting)
Japanese
1 entries- ナマステ noun (a greeting)
Kannada
1 entries- ನಮಸ್ತೆ noun (a greeting)
Korean
1 entries- 나마스테 noun (a greeting)
Malayalam
1 entries- നമസ്തേ noun (a greeting)
Marathi
1 entries- नमस्ते noun (a greeting)
Nepali
1 entries- नमस्ते noun (a greeting)
Norwegian
1 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
Persian
1 entries- نمسته noun (a greeting)
Polish
1 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
Portuguese
2 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
- namastê noun (a greeting)
Punjabi
2 entries- نمستے noun (a greeting)
- ਨਮਸਤੇ noun (a greeting)
Romanian
1 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
Russian
2 entries- намасте́ noun (a greeting)
- намастэ́ noun (a greeting)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नमस्ते noun (a greeting)
Spanish
2 entries- namasté noun (a greeting)
- námaste noun (a greeting)
Swedish
1 entries- namaste noun (a greeting)
Tamil
1 entries- நமஸ்தே noun (a greeting)
Telugu
1 entries- నమస్తే noun (a greeting)
Urdu
1 entries- نمستے noun (a greeting)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
"Namaste," a combination of two Sanskrit words, translates into "bowing to you".
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Namaste does not involve skin contact and allows people to maintain a safe distance.
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"I just got back from India. And I did not shake any hands there, and it was very easy because they go like this and Japan goes like this,” Trump said doing a quick demonstration of the Indian namaste and the Japanese ojigi — bowing.
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