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Definition of namaskar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

namaskar

noun
 
/ˌnʌməˈskɑː(r)/
 
/ˌnʌməˈskɑːr/
(also namaste)
[uncountable] (Indian English)
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  1. a way of greeting somebody in which the hands are placed together as in prayer and the head is bent forwards
    Word Originvia Hindi from Sanskrit namaskāra, from namas ‘bowing’ + kāra ‘action’.

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