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Definition of namaste exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

namaste

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

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