gassho in All languages combined

Forms: gasshos [present, singular, third-person], gasshoing [participle, present], gasshoed [participle, past], gasshoed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Japanese 合掌 (gasshō), from Middle Chinese 合掌 (ɣop-tʃáng, “Buddhist-style pressed-palm gesture of piety”) (compare Mandarin 合掌 (hézhǎng), Cantonese 合掌 (hap⁶ jeung²)), from 合 (“unite”) and 掌 (zhǎng, “palm”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|合掌|tr=gasshō}} Japanese 合掌 (gasshō), {{der|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|合掌|tr=hézhǎng}} Mandarin 合掌 (hézhǎng), {{cog|yue|合掌|tr=hap⁶ jeung²}} Cantonese 合掌 (hap⁶ jeung²) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gassho (third-person singular simple present gasshos, present participle gasshoing, simple past and past participle gasshoed)

Inflected forms

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"gassho" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [English]

Verb [English]

Inflected forms