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Namaste (Sanskrit pronunciation:, [1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [2] [3] [4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. [5]
It's important to understand the history behind the commonly misused term Namaste. We're exploring the definition, pronunciation and whether you should say it.
Pranāma or Namaste, the part of ancient Indian culture and rites has propagated to southeast Asia, which was part of indosphere of greater India, through the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism from India. While performing the sampeah, the person places their palms together in a prayer-like fashion while bowing slightly.
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Aishwarya Rai making a Namaste gesture. Anjali mudra has the same meaning as the Sanskrit greeting Namaste and can be performed while saying Namaste or Pranam, or in place of vocalizing the word. The gesture is used for both greetings and farewells but carries a deeper significance than a simple "hello" or "goodbye".
In the vowels chart, a separate phonetic value is given for each major dialect, alongside the words used to name their corresponding lexical sets. The diaphonemes for the lexical sets given here are based on RP and General American; they are not sufficient to express all of the distinctions found in other dialects, such as Australian English.
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language. [1] (Pronunciation ⓘ)
As this is English Wikipedia, we go by what the most common name is in English. I suspect that, internationally, "namaste" is by far the best known of these terms. Largoplazo 18:13, 24 July 2022 (UTC) I disagree. To maintain the status quo would be to paint the multicultural ethos of India with just one of its constituent colours.