Salutation in Malayalam
The salutation you will actually hear in Kerala is നമസ്കാരം (namaskaaram), said with the palms pressed together. It works as hello, goodbye and respectful greeting all at once. The aa in the third syllable is long.
Most common translation
Salutation, prostration, bowing respectfully, greeting, worshipping.
നമസ്കാരം, സുഖമാണോ?
namaskaaram, sukhamaano?
Hello, are you well?
All Malayalam words for “salutation”
- നമസ്കാരം (namaskaaram) — Salutation, prostration, bowing respectfully, greeting, worshipping.
- അഭിവാദനം (abhivadanam) — Salutation, prostration.
- സ്വാഗതം (swaagatham) — Welcome, greeting, salutation.
- അഞ്ജലി (anjali) — Holding the palms of the hands together (in salutation), a vessel(pot) for holding water.
- സുപ്രഭാതം (suprabhaatham) — Good morning, the salutation 'good morning'.
നമസ്കാരം (namaskaaram) is the spoken greeting, അഭിവാദനം (abhivadanam) the formal act of salutation, അഞ്ജലി (anjali) the joined palms themselves, and സ്വാഗതം (swaagatham) a welcome.
Common questions
How do you say salutation in Malayalam?
നമസ്കാരം (namaskaaram) is the everyday salutation, and അഭിവാദനം (abhivadanam) the formal term.
What is the morning greeting?
സുപ്രഭാതം (suprabhaatham), the equivalent of good morning.