{"id":9,"date":"2009-03-08T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=4"},"modified":"2009-03-08T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T19:04:22","slug":"saying-hi-in-hindi-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/saying-hi-in-hindi-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying Hi in Hindi Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>)!<\/p>\n

I’m gonna go over some other ways to say hi in Hindi so that you can be prepared in all social situations. Besides saying namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>), you can also use namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/strong>) to say hi in Hindi. The difference between namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>) and namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/strong>) is that namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/strong>) is slightly formal. I guess you can say that using namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/strong>)\u00a0would be like saying hello instead of hi in Hindi.<\/p>\n

When you want to convey respect to people of elderly age, I suggest you use Pranaam (\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u093e\u092e<\/strong>). Pranaam (\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u093e\u092e<\/strong>) is kind of like the word namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947<\/strong>), but for people who are much older or for who you want to show deep respect.<\/p>\n

Before I end this post I just want to mention a gesture called mudra (\u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e<\/strong>). A mudra (\u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e<\/strong>) is a general term to describe the act of pressing your hands together so that the palms face each other. A mudra (\u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e<\/strong>) can be used in a social situation to greet people; but it can also be used in a religious sense to denote respect towards a person or deity. When the palms are placed above your head instead of your chest, you’re channeling a higher power. The right palm symbolizes the divine and the left palm symbolizes the earthly things of this world. When the palms are pressed together this means that the person is trying to reconcile the differences between the earthly and divine and show respect towards the person being greeted.<\/p>\n

I just wanted to stress that Hindi greetings can entail a lot more meaning than your average American greeting. Not that that’s bad, but just something that I wanted to point out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947)! I’m gonna go over some other ways to say hi in Hindi so that you can be prepared in all social situations. Besides saying namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947), you can also use namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930) to say hi in Hindi. The difference between namaste (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947) and namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930) is that namaskar (\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930) is slightly formal. I…<\/p>\n

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