"नमस्" meaning in Sanskrit

See नमस् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɐ́.mɐs/ [Vedic], /ˈn̪ɐ.mɐs̪/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō), Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”), Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”), Ancient Greek νέμος (némos). The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*námas||homage, salutation}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*némos||bowing}} Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”), {{cog|ae|𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋}} Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō), {{cog|sog|t=homage; prayer; reverence|tr=namāč}} Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”), {{cog|fa|نماز||prayer, worship|tr=namâz}} Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”), {{cog|grc|νέμος}} Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), {{root|sa|sa|नम्}}, {{root|sa|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{sa-root|नम्|PIE=nem|sr=1}} The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=námas}} नमस् • (námas) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|námas}} Forms: námas [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], नमः [nominative, singular], नमसी [dual, nominative], नमांसि [nominative, plural], नमः [singular, vocative], नमसी [dual, vocative], नमांसि [plural, vocative], नमः [accusative, singular], नमसी [accusative, dual], नमांसि [accusative, plural], नमसा [instrumental, singular], नमोभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], नमोभिः [instrumental, plural], नमसे [dative, singular], नमोभ्याम् [dative, dual], नमोभ्यः [dative, plural], नमसः [ablative, singular], नमोभ्याम् [ablative, dual], नमोभ्यः [ablative, plural], नमसः [genitive, singular], नमसोः [dual, genitive], नमसाम् [genitive, plural], नमसि [locative, singular], नमसोः [dual, locative], नमःसु [locative, plural]
  1. bow, obeisance, homage, adoration; greeting, salutation [with dative]
    Sense id: en-नमस्-sa-noun-TDsqI9HG
  2. food Synonyms: भोजन, खादन, भक्षण, आश, खान
    Sense id: en-नमस्-sa-noun-wfAmWC~m
  3. thunderbolt Synonyms: वज्र, हीर
    Sense id: en-नमस्-sa-noun-xnKzQriu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम्, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 8 60 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 7 71 7 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 84 3 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम्: 29 11 49 11 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 2 88 2
  4. gift, present
    Sense id: en-नमस्-sa-noun-1qj9224f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: नमस्कर्तृ (namaskartṛ), नमस्कार (namaskāra), नमस्कार्य (namaskārya), नमस्कृति (namaskṛti), नमस्क्रिया (namaskriyā), नमस्ते (namaste), नमस्य (namasya), नमस्या (namasyā), नमस्यु (namasyu), नमस्वत् (namasvat), नमस्विन् (namasvin)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaskartṛ",
      "word": "नमस्कर्तृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaskāra",
      "word": "नमस्कार"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaskārya",
      "word": "नमस्कार्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaskṛti",
      "word": "नमस्कृति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaskriyā",
      "word": "नमस्क्रिया"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namaste",
      "word": "नमस्ते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namasya",
      "word": "नमस्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namasyā",
      "word": "नमस्या"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namasyu",
      "word": "नमस्यु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namasvat",
      "word": "नमस्वत्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "namasvin",
      "word": "नमस्विन्"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀡𑀫𑁄"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀡𑀫𑁄 (ṇamo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀡𑀫𑁄 (ṇamo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "namo"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: namo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: namo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "南無",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 南無/南无",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 南無/南无"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "南無",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: 南無",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: 南無"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "nam mô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nam mô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: nam mô"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*námas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "homage, salutation"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*némos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bowing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "homage; prayer; reverence",
        "tr": "namāč"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "نماز",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prayer, worship",
        "tr": "namâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νέμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νέμος (némos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "नम्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "नम्",
        "PIE": "nem",
        "sr": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”).\nCognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō), Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”), Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”), Ancient Greek νέμος (némos). The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "námas",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसा",
      "roman": "námasā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभिः",
      "roman": "námobhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसे",
      "roman": "námase",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्यः",
      "roman": "námobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसः",
      "roman": "námasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्यः",
      "roman": "námobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसः",
      "roman": "námasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसोः",
      "roman": "námasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसाम्",
      "roman": "námasām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसि",
      "roman": "námasi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसोः",
      "roman": "námasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमःसु",
      "roman": "námaḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "námas"
      },
      "expansion": "नमस् • (námas) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "námas"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Homage to the mighty and homage to the lesser [gods]; homage to the younger and homage to the elder [gods]!\nLet us, if we have power, pay the gods worship: no better prayer than this, you gods, acknowledge.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.27.13",
          "roman": "yájāma devā́nyádi śaknávāma mā́ jyā́yasaḥ śáṃsamā́ vṛkṣi devāḥ.",
          "text": "नमो॑ म॒हद्भ्यो॒ नमो॑ अर्भ॒केभ्यो॒ नमो॒ युव॑भ्यो॒ नम॑ आशि॒नेभ्यः॑ ।\nयजा॑म दे॒वान्यदि॑ श॒क्नवा॑म॒ मा ज्याय॑सः॒ शंस॒मा वृ॑क्षि देवाः ॥\nnámo mahádbhyo námo arbhakébhyo námo yúvabhyo náma āśinébhyaḥ."
        },
        {
          "english": "Which we have fashioned, even as chariots high homage have we spoken forth.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.73.10",
          "roman": "Most pleasing to the Aśvins be these prayers which magnify their might,",
          "text": "इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ वर्ध॑ना॒श्विभ्यां॑ सन्तु॒ शंत॑मा ।\nया तक्षा॑म॒ रथाँ॑ इ॒वावो॑चाम बृ॒हन्नमः॑ ॥\nimā́ bráhmāṇi várdhanāśvíbhyāṃ santu śáṃtamā.\nyā́ tákṣāma ráthām̐ ivā́vocāma bṛhánnámaḥ."
        },
        {
          "english": "Having done thus, I [give] homage to the great god, Shiva.",
          "ref": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 14.8.31.1",
          "roman": "evaṃ kṛtvā namastasmai mahādevāya raṃhase.",
          "text": "एवं कृत्वा नमस्तस्मै महादेवाय रंहसे ।"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow, obeisance, homage, adoration; greeting, salutation"
      ],
      "id": "en-नमस्-sa-noun-TDsqI9HG",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "dat"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "dative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ],
        [
          "obeisance",
          "obeisance"
        ],
        [
          "homage",
          "homage"
        ],
        [
          "adoration",
          "adoration"
        ],
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ],
        [
          "salutation",
          "salutation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "bow, obeisance, homage, adoration; greeting, salutation [with dative]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Yāska, Naighaṇṭuka 2.7"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food"
      ],
      "id": "en-नमस्-sa-noun-wfAmWC~m",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "भोजन"
        },
        {
          "word": "खादन"
        },
        {
          "word": "भक्षण"
        },
        {
          "word": "आश"
        },
        {
          "word": "खान"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 8 60 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 7 71 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 84 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 11 49 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 2 88 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Yāska, Naighaṇṭuka 2.20"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunderbolt"
      ],
      "id": "en-नमस्-sa-noun-xnKzQriu",
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderbolt",
          "thunderbolt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "वज्र"
        },
        {
          "word": "हीर"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gift, present"
      ],
      "id": "en-नमस्-sa-noun-1qj9224f",
      "links": [
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ́.mɐs/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ɐ.mɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नमस्"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "Sanskrit as-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम्",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "namaskartṛ",
      "word": "नमस्कर्तृ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namaskāra",
      "word": "नमस्कार"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namaskārya",
      "word": "नमस्कार्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namaskṛti",
      "word": "नमस्कृति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namaskriyā",
      "word": "नमस्क्रिया"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namaste",
      "word": "नमस्ते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namasya",
      "word": "नमस्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namasyā",
      "word": "नमस्या"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namasyu",
      "word": "नमस्यु"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namasvat",
      "word": "नमस्वत्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "namasvin",
      "word": "नमस्विन्"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀡𑀫𑁄"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀡𑀫𑁄 (ṇamo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀡𑀫𑁄 (ṇamo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "namo"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: namo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: namo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "南無",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 南無/南无",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 南無/南无"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "南無",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: 南無",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: 南無"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "nam mô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nam mô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: nam mô"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*námas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "homage, salutation"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*némos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bowing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "homage; prayer; reverence",
        "tr": "namāč"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "نماز",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prayer, worship",
        "tr": "namâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νέμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νέμος (némos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "नम्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "नम्",
        "PIE": "nem",
        "sr": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“homage, salutation”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“bowing”).\nCognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋 (nəmaŋhō), Sogdian [script needed] (namāč, “homage; prayer; reverence”), Persian نماز (namâz, “prayer, worship”), Ancient Greek νέμος (némos). The Sanskrit root is नम् (nam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "námas",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमः",
      "roman": "námaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसी",
      "roman": "námasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमांसि",
      "roman": "námāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसा",
      "roman": "námasā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभिः",
      "roman": "námobhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसे",
      "roman": "námase",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्यः",
      "roman": "námobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसः",
      "roman": "námasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "námobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमोभ्यः",
      "roman": "námobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसः",
      "roman": "námasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसोः",
      "roman": "námasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसाम्",
      "roman": "námasām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसि",
      "roman": "námasi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमसोः",
      "roman": "námasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नमःसु",
      "roman": "námaḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "námas"
      },
      "expansion": "नमस् • (námas) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "námas"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Homage to the mighty and homage to the lesser [gods]; homage to the younger and homage to the elder [gods]!\nLet us, if we have power, pay the gods worship: no better prayer than this, you gods, acknowledge.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.27.13",
          "roman": "yájāma devā́nyádi śaknávāma mā́ jyā́yasaḥ śáṃsamā́ vṛkṣi devāḥ.",
          "text": "नमो॑ म॒हद्भ्यो॒ नमो॑ अर्भ॒केभ्यो॒ नमो॒ युव॑भ्यो॒ नम॑ आशि॒नेभ्यः॑ ।\nयजा॑म दे॒वान्यदि॑ श॒क्नवा॑म॒ मा ज्याय॑सः॒ शंस॒मा वृ॑क्षि देवाः ॥\nnámo mahádbhyo námo arbhakébhyo námo yúvabhyo náma āśinébhyaḥ."
        },
        {
          "english": "Which we have fashioned, even as chariots high homage have we spoken forth.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.73.10",
          "roman": "Most pleasing to the Aśvins be these prayers which magnify their might,",
          "text": "इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ वर्ध॑ना॒श्विभ्यां॑ सन्तु॒ शंत॑मा ।\nया तक्षा॑म॒ रथाँ॑ इ॒वावो॑चाम बृ॒हन्नमः॑ ॥\nimā́ bráhmāṇi várdhanāśvíbhyāṃ santu śáṃtamā.\nyā́ tákṣāma ráthām̐ ivā́vocāma bṛhánnámaḥ."
        },
        {
          "english": "Having done thus, I [give] homage to the great god, Shiva.",
          "ref": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 14.8.31.1",
          "roman": "evaṃ kṛtvā namastasmai mahādevāya raṃhase.",
          "text": "एवं कृत्वा नमस्तस्मै महादेवाय रंहसे ।"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow, obeisance, homage, adoration; greeting, salutation"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "dat"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "dative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ],
        [
          "obeisance",
          "obeisance"
        ],
        [
          "homage",
          "homage"
        ],
        [
          "adoration",
          "adoration"
        ],
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ],
        [
          "salutation",
          "salutation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "bow, obeisance, homage, adoration; greeting, salutation [with dative]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Yāska, Naighaṇṭuka 2.7"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "भोजन"
        },
        {
          "word": "खादन"
        },
        {
          "word": "भक्षण"
        },
        {
          "word": "आश"
        },
        {
          "word": "खान"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Yāska, Naighaṇṭuka 2.20"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunderbolt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderbolt",
          "thunderbolt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "वज्र"
        },
        {
          "word": "हीर"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gift, present"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ́.mɐs/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ɐ.mɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नमस्"
}

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