Today's 3 expressions

• Expression 1

  hello / hi / goodbye (all-purpose respectful greeting)

  नमस्ते

  [na-mas-TAY]

  न: n with the inherent 'a'

  म: m with the inherent 'a'

  स्: bare s, no vowel

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• Expression 2

  hello (a slightly more formal variant, same meaning)

  नमस्कार

  [na-mas-KAAR]

  न: n with the inherent 'a'

  म: m with the inherent 'a'

  स्: bare s in the cluster

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• Expression 3

  Devanagari (the script Hindi is written in)

  देवनागरी

  [dev-naa-ga-REE]

  दे: द with the ए matra

  व: v/w with the inherent 'a'

  ना: न with the आ matra

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