नमन

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमन (namana).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.mən/, [n̪ə.mə̃n̪]

नमन • (naman) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)

1. bowed, humble, bent

नमन • (naman) m

1. bowing down, sinking
2. bow, greeting, salutation, obeisance, humility

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नमन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “नमन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From नम् (nam, “to bow down”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.mɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.mɐ.n̪ɐ/

नमन • (namana)

1. bowed, bent, humble

नमन • (namana) n

1. bowing down, sinking
2. bow, greeting, salutation, obeisance, humility
3. bending (of a bow)

• Ashokan Prakrit:[1]
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀫𑀡 (ṇamaṇa)
    • Marathi: लवण (lavaṇ)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Oriya: [script needed] (neuḷa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: [script needed] (namṇū)
• → Telugu: నమనం (namanaṁ)
• → Hindi: नमन (naman) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899), “नमन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528, column 1.