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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
namaste /ˈnʌməsteɪ/ Indian

▶exclamation a respectful greeting said when giving a namaskar. ▶noun another term for namaskar.

– origin via Hindi from Sanskrit namas ‘bowing’ + te ‘to you’.

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