Namaste Odia and Kannada languages, or a different greeting word is "āyubōvan" (ආයුබෝවන්) which has the meaning "wishing long life". Namaste Namaste (, Devanagari: नमस्ते, ), sometimes spoken as "Namaskar" and "Namaskaram", is a customary Hindu greeting. The term has origins in the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent. In the contemporary era, it is found on the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and among the Hindu diaspora worldwide. It is used both for salutation and valediction. "Namaste" is usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture
As-salamu alaykum As-salamu alaykum As-salāmu ʿalaykum (Arabic: ) is a greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you". The greeting is a religious salutation among Muslims when greeting. The typical response to the greeting is "wa ʿalaykumu s-salām" ( ) "And peace be upon you too". This greeting appears in greatly abbreviated forms in many languages from Malagasy to Urdu as some variant of "salām" (; cf. Persian ). The phrase is normally pronounced according to local dialects of speakers and is very often shortened. For example: The expression uses the second person plural masculine, even when used to address one