Nepali-English Dictionary

compiled by Karl-Heinz Krmer

South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
(updated: 14 April 2007)
aba
d
adv. now, from now on
abaddha
ld
n./adj. bound, tied up confined
abela
dl
n./adj. lateness, late
aber
d
adj. late
aber bhayo
d 4l
comp. it is late
abhas
ll
n. glimpse, shadow,
reflection, vision, faint
memory, inkling
abhav
l4
n. non-existence, absence,
lack, scarcity
abhaya
4
n. lack of fear
abhibhavak
ll44
n. guardian
abhilekh
lR
n. inscription
abhinaya
l4
n. mimicry, imitation
abhiprerit
ll
adj. motivated
abhipret
l
adj. planned
abhiram
ll
adj. extremely beautiful,
sublime
abhiruci
ll
n. inclination, earnest desire,
liking
abhivriddhi
l4l
n. development
abhiyan
l4l
n. expedition, march,
exploration
abhiyog
l4l
n. accusation, allegation,
charge
abhiyukta
l4
adj. accused
abhrak
4
n. mica, talco (a soft mineral)
abhyas
+4l
n. practice
abrak
R
n. mica, talco (a soft mineral)
acamma

n. surprise, wonder,
amazement
acamma lagnu
l
v.i. to be surprised, to be
amazed, to be astonished
acamma parnu

v.i. to be surprised, to be
amazed, to be astonished
1
acamma parnu

v.t. to surprise, to amaze, to
astonish
acanak
l4
adv. suddenly, abruptly,
unexpectedly
acano
ll
n. cutting board for meat
acanu
l
n. cutting board for meat
acar
l
n. hot and sour pickle, pickles,
chutney, salsa
acar
ll
n. conduct, behaviour
acaran
l"l
n. conduct, behaviour,
practice
accer

n. letter [of the alphabet],
[written] character, [except
numerals], alphabet,
syllable
acel

adv. these days, nowadays,
recently, presently
achut
3
adj. untouchable, of lowest
caste
achuti
3l
n. untouchable, lowest caste
achutoddhar
3ll
n. reformation of
untouchables
ad
l
n. support, prop
adalat
l
n. law court
adambar
ld
n. conceit, ostentation
adan-pradan
ll l
n. giving and taking of things,
exchange, social
communication, give and
take
adarniya
l"ll4
adj. respectable, deserving
honour
adarniya sadasya
l"ll4 4
n. honorary member
adarsh
l
n. ideal, value
adarvaci
l4ll
adj. polite
adaunu
l
v.t. to support, to hold up, to
stop
adda
l
n. office; court of law
adesh
l
n. order, instruction,
command
adha
lul
adj. half
adhai baje
lt d
adv. half past two
adhaini
ltl
n. the senior woman in a
2
palace harem
adham
u
adj. mean, low, wretched, base,
vile
adhar
lul
n. foundation, basis, support
adharat
lull
n. midnight
adharbhut
lul
adj. basic, fundamental
adharit
lull
adj. based upon
adharit cha
lull 3
based upon
adharma
u
n. sinfulness, irreligiousness
adhi
lul
adj. almost a half
adhikar
lu4l
n. right, authority, procession,
proprietorship
adhikari
lu4ll
n. officer, one having
authority, magistrate,
proprietor
adhikrit
lu4
adj. authorised, vested with
authority
adhiraj
lul
n. supreme ruler, sovereign,
overlord
adhirajkumar
lul4l
n. prince
adhirajya
lul4
n. sovereignty, empire,
kingdom
adhiveshan
lud
n. session, meeting, sitting
adhogati
ull
n. fall, downfall, degradation
adhunik
lul4
adj. modern, recent, current
adhyaksha
4l
n. chief, master, director,
chairman, superintendent,
supervisor
adhyay
4l4
n. chapter, section, canto
adhyayan
44
n. study, learning, tuition,
perusal
adi
ll
n./adj. beginning, primary, origin,
first, basic; etcetera, etc.
adijati
llll
n. tribe, tribal, autoethon
adikal
ll4l
n. primeval time
adikaran
ll4l
n. first cause, fundamental
cause
adikavi
ll4l4
n. first poet, pioneer poet
adikavya
ll4l4
n. first epic, Ramayana
adinu
l
v.i. to stop
adityavar
ll44l
n. Sunday
3
adivasi
ll4ll
n. aborigine, original
inhabitant
adkalnu
4
v.t. to guess
adkanu
4
v.i. to get stuck, to be stopped,
to be halted
adkaunu
4l
v.t. to cause to stick
adnu

v.i. to stop, to cease moving
aduva
4l
n. ginger
advittiya
lTl4
adj. unparalleled, second-to-
none
agadha
lu
adj. unfathomable, bottomless,
deep
agadi
ll
postp. in front of, before, ahead,
toward the front, first
agadi badhaunu
ll dl
v.t. to lead forward
agadi badhnu
ll d
v.i. to advance, to move
forward
agal-bagal
d
adv. from left to right, on both
sides
agami
lll
adj. coming, forthcoming,
ensuing
agati
l
n. decline, lack of progress
age
l
adj. before, future, in furute
agena
l
n. fireplace, hearth
ageno
l
n. fireplace
aghadi
ll
in front of, before, toward
the front, first
aghat
ll
n. blow, assault
aghaun
ll
adv. next year
aghaunu
l
v.i. to be satisfied with eating
aghi
l
already, before, previously,
formerly, facing, in front of,
ago,
aghi lagnu
l l
v.t. to go first, to go ahead, to
lead, to guide
aghi nai
l
adv. already, long ago
aghi sarnu
l
v.i. to advance, to volunteer, to
incite, to instigate
aghi-aghi
l l
a long time ago, in times
gone by
aghillo
ll
adj. first, former, front, anterior,
4
last, previous
aghiltira
ll
adv. in front of, facing
aghi-pachi
l l3
some other time, before, on
other occasions, generally,
usually, in single file, one
after another, sequentially,
surrounded by
aghisamma
l
adv. until recently
aglo
l
adj. tall, high
aglo
ll
n. latch, bolt
aglyaunu
4l
v.t. to lock, to pull to [a door]
agni
l
n. fire
agnikand
l4l"
n. fire, conflagration
ago
ll
n. fire
agraha
l
n. desire, longing, craving,
zeal, urging, insistence
agulto
l
n. piece of burning wood
aguva
4l
n./adv. leader, leading
agya
ll
n. order, command,
instruction, permission
agyakari
ll4ll
adj. obedient
agyan
Rl
n./adj. ignorance; ignorant
agyat
l
adj. unknown, secret, obscure
ahan

int. no
ahangkar
jl
n. arrogance, conceit
ahar
ll
n. food, diet
ahara
lll
n. food, diet
ahat
l
adj. struck, beaten
ahile
l
adv. now, this time
aimai
ltlt
n. woman
ain
]
n. law, legal code, rule
aina
]l
n. mirror, looking glass, pane
of glass
aincatana
]lll
adj. out of control, controlled by
outsideforces
ainselu
]
n. yellow raspberry
aipugnu
lt
v.i. to arrive
aitavar
lt4l
n. Sunday
5
aitihasik
]lll4
adj. historical
aja
l
adv. today
aja bihana
l ldll
comp. this morning
ajabholi
lll
adv. nowadays
ajakal
l4l
adv. nowadays
ajan
l
adj. ignorant
ajang
s
adj. huge, very big, enormous,
formidable
ajat
l
adj. outcaste, low caste, not
born
ajatshatru
l
adj. having no enemy
ajha
R
adv. still, yet, moreover, now
ajhai
R
conj. even then, even now
ajivan
ll4
adj. throughout life, for a whole
life-time
akad
4
n. insistence, obstinacy,
stubbornness, persistence
akado
4l
adj. obstinate, stubborn
akal
4
wisdom, intelligence,
cleverness, knowledge,
skilful, clever, wise
akalpaniya
4l4
adj. unimaginable, unthinkable,
inconceivable
akamakaunu
44l
v.i. to hesitate, to pause
akamakka
444
adj. confused, baffled,
disconcerted,
dumbfounded, perplexed
akamakka parnu
444 l
v.t. to be confused, to be
baffled, to be in a
quandary, to be taken
aback, to be disconcerted,
to be rattled, to hesitate, to
pause
akangksha
l4lsll
n. aspiration
akanksha
l4lll
n. wish, desire, intention
akantak
4"4
adj. free from trouble,
unobstructed, thornless
akapat
4
adj. guiltless, frank, open
akar
l4l
n. size, shape, form, outline
akaraniya
4"ll4
adj. improper, unfit to be
performed
akarma
4
n. unnecessary act, wicked
6
act
akarmak
44
adj. intransitive
akarmanya
4"4
adj. idle, useless, good for
nothing
akarmi
4l
n. a do nothing, sinner, evil-
doer, rogue, villain
akarna
4"l
deaf, having no ear
akarna
4
n. official record, document,
list of official records
akarsan
l4l"l
n. attraction
akartavya
44
adj. improper, unfit to be done
akartha
4l"
adj. without cause, pointlessly,
in vain
akash
l4l
n. sky, space
akashe tara-marg
l4l l l
n. cable railway
akashvani
l4l4l"ll
n. radio broadcast
akasmat
4l
adv. suddenly, accidentally,
unexpectedly, all of a
sudden
akasmik
l4l4
adj. sudden, abrupt, accidental,
casual
akathaniya
4"l4
adj. inexpressible,
indescribable,
inexpressible, obscene,
indecent
akathya
44
adj. inexpressible,
indescribable,
inexpressible, obscene,
indecent, filthy, unutterable
akavat
44
n. duty, God
akbar
4d
n. name of the third Indian
Moghul Emperor
akbare
4d
adj. pungent chilli, extraordinary
hot
akbari
4dl
adj. related to Akbar, pure,
unadulterated
akelo
4l
adj. alone
akhabar
Rdl
n. newspaper
akhir
llR
adv. at last, eventually
akkal
44
n. knowledge, cleverness,
thought
akkali
44l
adj. clever, intelligent
akkase
44l
adj. sky-blue
7
akkasinu
44ll
v.i. to fly up
akraman
l"l
n. attack, invasion
akrista
l4
adj. attracted, drawn, charmed
akriti
l4l
n. size, shape, form, outline
aksar
4
adv. often, frequently, usually,
many, a lot
akshansh
ll
n. latitude
akshar
l
n. letter [of the alphabet],
[written] character, [except
numerals], alphabet,
syllable
aksijan
l4
n. oxygen
alag

separate, different
alainci
l
n. cardamom
alangkar
jl
n. embellishment
alasya
l4
n. laziness, idleness
alchi
3l
adj. lazy, idle
alekha
lR
n. writing, script, anything
written
algyaunu
4l
v.t. tho lift, to raise, to release,
to set free
alhad
ll
n. delight, fulfilment
ali
l
adj. a bit, a little, few
ali
ll
n. ridge at the edge of a field-
terrace
alikati
l4l
adj. a little, a small quantity
alilo
ll
adj. lacking salt, tasteless
aljhanu
R
v.i. to get caught up in
aljhaunu
Rl
v.t. to entangle
alkatra
4l
n. asphalt
allare
l
n. rover
almalaunu
l
v.t. to confuse, to lead astray
almalinu
l
v.i. to be bewildered, to be
amazed, to be confused
almari
lll
n. shelves, cupboard
alocana
lll
n. criticism, critique
alocanatmak
lll4
adj. critical
8
alok
ll4
n. enlightenment, light,
brightness
alpamat

n. minority
alsi
l
adj. lazy, idle
alu
l
n. potato
alu tachnu
l l3
v.t. to peel off potatoes
alubakhada
ldRl
n. plum-tree
am
l
adj. common, general
ama
ll
n. mother
amai
l
n. grandmother [rural]
amaju
ll
n. husband's elder sister
amala
l
n. a kind of fruit [sour-sweet]
amanav
l4
adj. inhuman
amanya
l4
adj. unaccepted, unobeyed
amar

adj. immortal, undying
amarkosh
4l
n. (a Sanskrit dictionary
compiled by Amar Singh)
amba
dl
n. guava
amdani
lll
n. income
amdani badhaune
lll dl
n. income generating
amilo
ll
adj. sour
amir
l
adj. wealthy, rich
amiri
ll
adj. wealthy, rich
amkhora
Rll
n. brass pot for drinking from,
tumbler
amnirvacan
ll4l
n. general elections
amol
l
adj. priceless, invaluable
amrit

n./adj. elixir, nectar; immortal
amulya
4
adj. priceless, invaluable
amurta

adj. formless
an

int. yes
anadarvaci
l4ll
adj. non-honorific [ling.]
anadi
ll
adj. having no beginning, self-
born
analamaya
4
adj. fiery
anand
l
n. happiness
anandi
ll
adj. happy
9
ananta

adj. infinite, endless
anar
l
n. pomegranate
anarsa
l
n. a kind if sweet bread made
of rice flour, sugar and
butter
anashan

n. fasting
anatha
l"
adj. uncared for, orphaned
anautha
ll
adj. queer, unusual,
extraordinary
anautho
ll
adj. queer, unusual,
extraordinary, strange,
peculiar
anautikta
lll
n. immorality
anavarat
4
adj. unceasing, constant
anbhaunu
l
v.t. to say good-bye to the
couple in marriage, to send
away a bride
ancal

n. zone
ancal adalat
l
n. zonal court
ancal nyayadhish
4l4lull
n. zonal judge
ancal prashasan
l
n. zonal administration
ancal sabha
l
n. zonal assembly
ancaladhish
lul
n. zonal commissioner
ancetnu

v.t. to discipline, to impress, to
press, to push with force
anda
l
n. egg
andaji
ll
adv. appropriately, about
anderi
l
n. castor-oil plant
andha
ul
adj. blind
andhabhakta
u
n. blind follower, superstitious
person
andhakar
u4l
n. darkness
andheri
ul
adj. dark, gloomy
andhi
llu
n. storm, strong wind
andhiyar
llu4l
n. sharer of half the land or
crop
andhopan
ul
n. blindness
andhyaro
4ll
n./adj. dark, gloomy, sad,
darkness, ignorance, gloom
andolan
ll
n. agitation, riot, movement
10
andra
l l
n. entrails
anduva
4l
n. not castrated animal
aneka
4
adj. several, many
ang
ls
n. part, body, portion, limb,
procedure
anga pugnu
7
to be the procedure
complete
anga-bhanga
7 7
n. mutilation of a limb
anga-bhanga garnu
7 7
v.t. to amputate, to dismember,
to mutilate
angacched
73
n. amputation
angalnu

v.t. to adopt, to accept, to
follow, to embrace, to hug
angalo
ll
n. hug, embrace, armful, the
bent arm
angan
l
n. yard, courtyard, house,
home
angar
l
n. cinder, ember, the black
substance of charcoal
anga-raksha
7ll
n. protection of body
anga-rakshak
7l4
n. body guard
angethi
l
n. iron or clay vessel to carry
fire, portable fireplace
anggur

n. grape
anghi
ll
n. storm, whirlwind, hurricane
angikar
7l4l
n. acceptance
angikar garnu
7l4l
v.t. to accept, to follow
angikrit
l4
adj. adopted, agreed, promised
angikrit nagarikta
l4 ll4l
n. adopted citizenship
angikrit nepali
nagarikta
l4 ll ll4l
n. adopted Nepali citizenship
anginti
ll
adj. countless
angka
j
n. numeral, digit, issue,
number [of a periodical],
mark [in an examination],
score, points [in a game],
act [in a drama]
angka ra akshar
j l
figure and letter
angka ra aksharle
bolaunu
j l dll
to call by figure and word
angka-ganit
jl"l
n. arithmetic, mathematics
11
angkamal
jl
n. embrace
angkapatra
4
n. label, fillet
angkit
l4
adj. marked, written, endorsed,
encounted
angkuran
4"l
n. germination, beginning
angocha
l3l
n. towel, napkin
angrej

n. Englishman, Westerner,
white man
angreji
l
n./adj. English, British, English
language
angsha

n. share, division, fragment,
ingredient, contribution,
element, portion, clause,
sub-clause
angshadan
l
n. contribution, donation
angshadhar
u
n. share-holder, heir
angshako hak
4l 4
n. heirship, right to the
paternal property
angshiyar
l4l
n. co-heir, sharer, partner
angul

n. finger, a finger's breadth
anguli mudra
l l
n. fingerprint, nameprinted
ring
anguli pratimudra
l ll
n. finger impression
angur

n. grape
ani
l
conj. and, then, and then
anicchit
ll3
adj. undesired, unwished for
anikal
l4l
n. famine
anil
l
n. wind
anivarya
l4l4
adj. inevitable
anjali
l
n. the open palms of the
hands held together and
slightly cupped, a double
handful, offering in worship,
tribute
anjuli
l
n. the open palms of the
hands held together and
slightly cupped, a double
handful, offering in worship,
tribute
anka
4
n. numeral, digit, issue,
number [of a periodical],
mark [in an examination],
score, points [in a game],
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act [in a drama]
ankai
4lt
n. estimate, evaluation
ankanaunu
4l
v.i. to hesitate
ankha
lRl
n. eye
ankhako nani
lRl4l ll
n. pupil
ankhibhuin
lRllt
n. eyebrow
ankuro
4l
n. shoot, seedling, bud, fresh
shoot of a plant
ankush
4
n. hook
anmaunu
l
v.t. to say good-bye to the
couple in marriage, to send
away a bride
anna

n. grain, food
anna-bhandar
"l
n. granary
anp
l
n. mango
anshu
l
n. tear, teardrop
ant
l
n. courage, boldness
anta
ll
n. wheat flour
anta

n. end, conclusion
anta garnu

v.t. to end, to finisch
antai

adv. elsewhere
antar

n./adj. difference, interval; inner,
inter-
antaral rajya
l l4l
n. buffer state
antardeshiya
l4
adj. inland, domestic
antardeshiya jalpath
l4 "
n. inland waterways
antardeshiya patra
l4
n. inland letter
antardeshiya vanijya
l4 4ll"l4
n. internal trade
antardhvans
4
n. sabotage
antargat

adj. included, comprised
antargrasta

adj. involved
antarik
ll4
adj. interior, inner, internal
antariksha
ll
n. space, universe
antarmukhi
lR
adj. introvert, inward-looking
antarrastriya
ll4
adj. international
antarrastriya kanun
ll4 4l
n. international law
antarrastriya
ll4 4ll
n. International Monetary
13
mudrakos Fund [IMF]
antarvarta
4ll
n. interview
antarvasan
4l
n. internship, confinement
within prescribed limits
antarvasi
4ll
n. internee
antarvasit
4ll
adj. interned
antarvasit garnu
4ll
v.t. to intern
antarvirodh
l4lu
n. self-contradiction, inner
contradiction
antastha desh
"
n. buffer state
anthanabbe
ld
num. ninety-eight, 98
anthaunna
l
num. fifty-eight, 58
anthyaunu
l
v.t. to catch firmly, to seize, to
clutch, to grasp firmly
anti
l
n. ultimatum
antim
l
adj. last, final, conclusive,
ultimate
antis
l
adj. last
antnu
l
v.i. to dare, to take the risk
antya
4
n./adj. end, last run
antyesti
4l
n. the last rites after death,
funeral ceremony,
obsequies
anubhav
4
n. experience, feeling,
sensation
anubhavi
l4
adj. experienced
anubhuti
l
n. real knowledge,
experience, sensation
anudan
l
n. grant
anugaman

n. follow-up
anuhar
dl
n. face, countenance
anukramnika
ll4l
n. contents, list of contents
anukul
4
adj. favourable, agreeable,
friendly
anuman
l
n. inference, guess,
presumption
anumati
l
n. permission, consent,
assent
anupasthit
l"
adj. absent
anupras
l
n. alliteration
14
anurodh
lu
n. request, entreaty, prayer
anurodh garnu
lu
v.t. to request, to ask for, to
pray
anurup
^
adj. resembling, corresponding,
similar, analogous,
congruous
anusandhan
ul
n. research, investigation
anusar
l
postp. according to, in accordance
with, equivalent to, in
conformity with
anusaran
"l
n. compliance, accordance
anushasan
l
n. discipline, instruction
anuvad
4l
n. translation, immitation
anuvakta
4l
n. translator
anuvar
4l
n. face, countenance
anveshan
4"l
n. exploration
anya
4
adj. other
anyatra
4
adj. elsewhere, somewhere
else, in some other place
anyaya
4l4
n. injustice
apaci
l
adj. undigested, undigestible
apadha

adj. illiterate, unlettered
apaharan
"l
n. abduction, kidnapping,
usurpation
apanaunu
l
v.t. to adopt, to make use of, to
apply
aparadh
lu
n. crime, offence, guilt, fault,
sin
aparadhi
lul
n./adj. criminal, wrongdoer
aparicit
ll
adj. unknown, unfamiliar
aparjhat
R
adv. suddenly, surprisingly, all of
a sudden
apas
l
n. those close to oneself,
relatives
apashoc
l
n. regret, sorrow
apasma
ll
adj. among each other, among
themselves
aphai
l
adv. self, personally
aphisar
l
n. officer
aphno
lll
adj. one's own
15
aphnu
ll
adj. one's own
apil
l
n. appeal, contradiction,
objection
aprakashit
4ll
adj. unpublished
apratyashik
4ll4
adj. unexpected, sudden
apravasi
l4ll
n. immigrant
apsara
l
n. nymph, fairy, spirit
apurva
4
adj. new, strange
arab
d
num. one billion, 1.00.00.00.000
arajakta
l4l
n. anarchy
arakshan
ll"l
n. reservation
aram
ll
n. comfort, rest
arambha
l
n. beginning, start
are

(reported speech marker)
arini
+"ll
adj. free from debt
arje
l
n. prophecy, prediction,
forecast
arko
4l
adj. another, next, second
arop
ll
n. imputation, allegation,
insinuation, accusation
arpanu

v.t. to offer up, to dedicate
artha
"
n. finance, wealth, nmeaning,
significance, import,
interpretation, explanation
arthadanda
""
n. fine
artha-mantri
" l
n. minister of finance
arthashastra
"l
n. economics, political
economy
arthat
"l
adv. that is to say, in other
words, i.e.
arthik
ll"4
adj. economic, financial
arthik matava
ll"4 4
n. economic importance
arthyaunu
4l
v.t. to make sense of, to
understand
arti
l
n. advice, counsel, lesson,
instruction, precept, moral
lesson, admonition
aru
l^
n. peach
aru
^
adj. another, more, either,
further
16
aru kohi
^ 4ll
someone else
arubakhada
l^dRl
n. plum
asabhya
+4
adj. uncivilised, uncultured
asadh
l
n. Asadh or Asar, third month
of the Nepali year [June-
July]
asadharan
lul"l
adj. unusual, uncommon
asadhya
l4
adj. very, extremely
asahamati
l
n. disagreement, dissent,
discordance
asahaya
l4
adj. helpless
asal

adj. real, true, pure,
unadulterated, morally
good
asali
l
adj. real, genuine
asam
ll
n. Assam
asaman
ll
n. sky
asamanta
ll
n. inequality
asamaya
4
n. untimeliness, bad or
unfitting time
asamayik
ll44
adj. inopportune, untimely,
inconvenient
asambhava
4
adj. impossible
asan
l
n. seat, stool, office, post,
posture, throne
asanggati
l
n. incoherence, irrelevance,
absurdity, irrationality,
incompatibility, anomaly
asankhya
4
adj. innumerable, countless,
beyond number
asanna
l
adj. imminent, impencing, near,
close
asantusta

adj. dissatisfied, discontented,
displeased, reluctant
asantusti
l
n. dissatisfaction
asapas
ll
adv. nearabout, nearby
asaphal

adj. unsuccessful, failure
asar
l
n. Asadh or Asar, third month
of the Nepali year [June-
July]
asar

n. effect, influence, mark,
authority
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asat

adj. evil, bad, non-existent,
illusory
ash
l
n. hope
asha
ll
n. hope
ashangka
l4l
n. suspicion, doubt, fear,
dread
ashanti
ll
n. lack of peace, unrest
ashaya
l4
n. meaning, aim, intention,
purport
ashcarya
l4
n. wonder, surprise,
astonishment
ashcaryalagdo
l4ll
adj. surprising
ashiksha
lll
n. illiteracy
ashikshit
lll
adj. uneducated, unlettered,
illiterate
ashirvacan
ll4
n. blessing, benediction
ashirvacan
ll4
n. blessing
ashirvad
ll4l
n. blessing, benediction
ashirvad
ll4l
n. blessing
ashis
lll
n. blessing, benediction
ashis dinu
lll l
v.t. to bless
ashlil
l
adj. indecent, vulgar
ashram
l
n. hermitage, residential
institute
ashraya
l4
n. dependence, resort,
reliance, retreat
ashrit
ll
postp. depending on, relying on
ashu
l
adj. quick, speedily, immediate,
swift
ashuddha

adj. impure
ashutos
lll
adj. contended, easily pleased
ashvin
ll4
n. Ashvin or Asoj, fifth month
of the Nepali year
[September-October]
asi
l
eighty, 80
asima
l
adj. boundless, unlimited
asimit
ll
adj. boundless, unlimited
asoj
l
n. Ashvin or Asoj, fifth month
of the Nepali year
[September-October]
18
aspast

adj. not clear, indistinct, vague,
dim, obscure, blurred,
ambiguous
aspastata
l
n. lack of clarity, uncertainty,
haziness
aspatal
l
n. hospital
astaunu
l
v.i. to set [sun, moon or star]
astha
l"l
n. faith, reverence, veneration
asthipanjar
l"
n. skeleton
asti
l
adv. the day before yesterday,
recently, the other day
astiko bihibar
l4l ldldl
last Thursday
astitva
l4
n. existence, being, entity
astrashastra
d
n. weaponry, armament,
arms, weapons
astreliya
l4l
n. Australien
asuvidha
l4ul
n. inconvenience
asvabhavik
4ll44
adj. unnatural
asvasth
4"
adj. unhealthy.morbid
asvikar
4l4l
n. non-acceptance, rejection,
refusal, denial
atah
:
conj. hence, therefore, thus
atainu
lt
v.i. to fit into, to be contained
atal

adj. firm, irrevocable, resolute,
unwavering, steadfast, still,
unmoving
atangka
lj
n. fear, terror, panic, phobea,
suffering
atangkit
llj
adj. terrified
ataunu
l
v.i. to fit into, to be contained
ateri
l
adj. headstrong, obstinate
ath
l
num. eight, 8
athara
l
adj. eighteen, 18
athasi
ll
adj. eighty-eight, 88
athaun
ll
adj. eighth
athava
"4l
conj. or
athcalis
ll
adj. forty-eight, 48
athhattar

adj. seventy-eight, 78
athsatthi
l
adj. sixty-eight, 68
19
athtis
l
adj. thirty-eight, 38
ati
l
adj. very much, exceeding,
extremely, beyond
atikraman
l"l
n. infringement,
contravention, violation
atirikta
ll
adv. extra, additional, excessive
atit
l
n./adv. past, gone
atithighar
ll"
n. guest house, guest
chamber
atithishala
ll"ll
n. guest house, guest
chamber
atma
ll
n. mind, heart, intellect, soul
atmabhiman
llll
n. self-respect, self-esteem
atmabodhak
lldlu4
adj. reflexive [linguistics]
atmahatya
l4l
n. suicide, self-murder, self-
killing
atmanirbhar
ll
n. self-dependence, self-
support
atmasamman
ll
n. self-respect, self-regard
atmavibhorta
ll4ll
n. fascination
atmavishvas
ll44l
n. self-confidence
atripti
l
n. insatiability, lack of
appeasement
attalika
ll4l
n. balcony, verandah
attar

n. scent, fragrance
atthais
dlt
adj. twenty-eight, 28
attinu
ll
v.i. to be frightened, to be
nerveous
atur
l
adj. sick, wounded, impatient,
anxious
atut

adj. unbroken, continuous,
continual
atuva
4l
n. ginger
atyacar
4ll
n. atrocity, tyranny, excess,
outrage, oppression
atyanta
4
adj. a lot, much, very much,
exceedingly, utterly,
extremely
atyavashyak
4l444
adj. very necessary, essential
atyukti
4l
n. hyperbole, exaggeration
au
l
conj. and
20
aucitya
ll4
n. propriety, appropriateness,
validity
audyogik
lll4
adj. industrial
aunlo
ll
n. finger
aunlyaunu
l4l
v.t. to point at
aunsi
ll
n. new moon, last day of the
dark half of the month
aunu
l
v.i. to come
aupacarik
lll4
adj. formal, ceremonial
aupacarik adarvaci
lll4 l4ll
adj. formally polite [linguistics]
ausadhipasal
lllu
n. chemist's (shop),
pharmacy, drugstore
avadhi
4lu
n. periode, time, limit, term,
duration
avahela
4l
n. neglect, disdain, contempt
avahelna
4l
n. neglect, disdain, contempt
avaj
l4l
n. voice, sound, report, uproar
avakash
44l
n. free time
avalamban
4d
n. support, reliance
avalokan
4l4
n. look, gaze
avanati
4l
n. decline, downfall
avarodh
4lu
n. obstruction, hindrance,
impediment, restraint,
taboo
avas
l4l
n. dwelling, place of residence
avasar
4
n. opportunity, chance,
occasion, scope
avasar paunu
4 l
v.t. to take a chance
avashya
44
adv. certainly
avashyak
l444
adj. necessary, needful,
inevitable
avashyakta
l444l
n. necessity, need,
requirement
avastha
4"l
n. condition, state, age,
phase, despondency
avasyakta
l44
n. need, necessity,
requirement
avat-javat
l4 l4
n. coming and going,
connection, transmigration
avicchinna
l4l
adj. uninterrupted, continuous
21
avikasit
l44l
adj. undeveloped
avishvas
l44l
n. distrust, disbelief, non-
confidence, suspicion,
doubt
aviskar
ll44l
n. discovery, invention
avivekpurna
l444"l
adj. without reason, for no
reason, unfounded
avyavastha
44"l
n. disorder
ayaram gayaram
l4ll 4ll
n. frequent defectionist
ayarlaind
l4"
n. Ireland
ayog
l4l
n. commission
ayojana
l4ll
n. project
ba
dl
n. father [colloquially]
babu
dld
n. father
bacaunu
dl
v.t. to save, to defend, to spare
bada
dl
adj. big, large, gigantic, og
great size
bada hakim
dl ll4
n. district officer
badal
dl
n. cloud
badam
dl
n. peanut
badamash
dl
adj. wicked, immoral,
mischievous
badanam
dl
adj. caluminated, infamous
badha
dlul
n. hinderance, obstacle,
obstruction
badhak
dlu4
adj. hindering, obstructing
badharnu
dl
v.t. sweep
badhaunu
dl
v.t. to increase, to make
bigger, to enlarge
badhi
dl
adj. more, larger, higher
badhiya
dl4l
adj. fine, nice, superior,
excellent, of good quality
badhnu
d
v.i. to increase, to grow, to
advance, to go forward, to
flourish
badi
dl
n. the dark half of a lunar
month; evil, wickedness
bado
dl
adj. big, large, gigantic
bagainca
dl
n. garden, orchard
bagbani
dldll
n. gardening, horticulture
22
baggi
dl
n. horse carriage
bagh
dl
n. tiger
bagha
dll
n. obstacle
bagnu
d
v.i. to flow, to glide
bagvani
dl4ll
n. horticulture
bahadur
dl
adj. brave, bold, courageous,
defiant
bahas
d
n. discussion, argumentation,
debate
bahattar
d
num. seventy-two, 72
bahek
dl4
postp. except, besides
bahini
dll
n. younger sister
bahinijvain
dll4lt
n. younger sister's husband
bahira
dll
postp. outside, at another place
bahira samet
dll
even outside
bahirapatti
dlll
n. outside
bahiro
dll
adj. deaf
bahiskar
dll4l
n. expulsion, removal,
exclusion, ex-
communication
bahra
dl
num. twelve, 12
bahraun
dll
adj. twelfth
bahudaliya
dl4
adj. multiparty
bahudaliya vyavastha
dl4 444"l
n. multiparty system
bahumat
d
n. majority
bahumulya
d4
adj. valuable, expensive, very
costly
bahun
dl
n. Brahmin
baijani
dl
adj. purple
baink
dj
n. bank
bais
dlt
num. twenty-two, 22
baisatthi
dl
num. sixty-two, 62
baishakh
dlR
n. first month of the Nepali
calendar [April/May]
baithak
d4
n. meeting, session, living
room, sitting room,
reception room
baj
dl
n. hawk
23
baje
d
o'clock
baje
dl
n. grandfather
bajet
d
n. budget
bajhnu
dR
v.i. to quarrel, to wrangle
bajnu
d
v.i. to sound, to chime
bajyai
d4
n. grandmother [lower class],
woman's mother-in-law
[lower class], a Brahmin
woman, an old woman
bakas
dl4
n. box
bakas
d4
n. present, gift, reward
bakhat
dR
n. time, period, moment,
opportunity
bakhri
dlRl
n. she-goat
bakhro
dlRl
n. goat
bakkulo
d44l
n. crane
baklo
dl4l
adj. thick
baksanu
d4
v.t. to give, to present [as a
present or reward by a high
standing personality like
the king]
bal
d
n. strength, power, force,
might
bal
dl
n. child, boy
balatkar
dl4l
n. rape
bali
dl
adj. strong, powerful
bali
dll
n. standig crops, harvest
balika
dll4l
n. young girl
balistha
dl
adj. strong, powerful, stout
baliyo
dl4l
adj. strong, powerful, stout
balkrishna sama
dl4"l
n. Bal Krishna Sama [a
famous Nepali poet]
balnu
d
v.i. to burn, to blaze, to catch
fire
balnu
dl
v.t. to kindle, to light, to burn
balti
dll
n. bucket
balun
dl
n. a kind of folk song
balyakal
dl44l
n. childhood
bamojim
dll
adv. according to, in accordance
24
with, accordingly
bamojit
dll
adj. according to, in accordance
with, accordingly
banaunu
dl
v.t. to make, to build, to repair
bancaro
dl
n. axe
bancnu
dl
v.i. to survive
banda bhayo
d 4l
comp. it is closed, it is shut
banda garnu
d
v.t. to close, to shut
bandakopi
dl4ll
n. cabbage
bandar
dl
n. monkey
bandel
d
n. wild pig
bandhan
du
n. imprisonment
bandhnu
dl
v.t. to bind, to tie up, to fasten
bandi
dl
n. hostage, prisoner
bandighar
dl
n. prison, jail
bandigriha
dl
n. prison, jail
bandikhana
dlRll
n. prison, jail
bandnu
dl
v.t. to part, to divide, to share,
to partition
banel
d
n. wild pig
bango
dl7l
adj. crooked, bent, twisted
bangur
d
n. pig
bani
dll
n. habit, disposition, character
banki
dl4l
n. remainder, left over,
residue
bannu
d
v.i. to be ready, to be made
bans
dl
n. bamboo
bansko purda
dl 4l l
n. bamboo curtain
bar
dl
n. fence, temporary wall
bar
dl
n. weekday [of the Nepali
calendar]
bara
dl
n. great-grandfather
barbar
dd
n./adj. barbarian, savage,
barbarisch, wild
barbarta
ddl
n. barbarity
bare
dl
postp. about, realting to,
concerning
bari
dll
n. dry field, garden
25
barkha
dRl
n. rains, rainy season,
monsoon
barnu
dl
v.t. to observe, to abstain from
baru
d
better, rather, or
barulo
dll
n. wasp
basai sarai
dlt lt
n. migration
basalnu
dl
v.t. to cause to sit, to make
someone sit
basanta
d
n. spring
basaunu
dl
v.t. to cause to sit, to make
someone sit
basinda
dlll
n. inhabitant, resident
basnu
d
v.i. to sit, to settle, to remain
basobas
dldl
n. residence, place of
residence
basovas
dl4l
n. residence, place of
residence
bata
dl
postp. from, by
bata marnu
dl l
v.i. to talk
batas
dl
n. wind, air
batho
dll
adj. intelligent, clever
bato
dll
n. road, path, way
bato lagnu
dll l
v.t. to set off
battai
dlt
n. quail
batti
dl
n. lamp
battis
dl
num. thirty-two, 32
batuko
d4l
n. cup, bowl
baulaha
dlll
adj. mad, lunatic
baunna
dl
num. fifty-two, 52
bayalis
d4ll
num. forty-two, 42
bayan
d4l
n. description, narration,
account
bayan
dl4l
adj. left
bayanabbe
d4ld
num. ninety-two, 92
bayasi
d4ll
num. eighty-two, 82
becnu
d
v.t. to sell, to dispose off
beglo
dl
adj. separated
behornu
dl
v.i. to bear, to make use of, to
26
look after, to afford
bela
dl
n. time, occasion
beluka
d4l
n./adj. evening, in the evening,
after sunset
bemajja
dl
adj. not pleasing
benci
dl
n. bench
bensi
dl
n. valley, lowland, lower
portion of a hill
bepar
dl
n. trade, commerce
bepar garnu
dl
v.t. to trade, to sell
bepari
dll
n. trader, merchant
ber
d
n. time, delay, late
berojgar
dll
n. unemployment
bes
d
adj. good, very good
besar
dl
n. turmeric
besari
dl
adv. nicely, abundantly,
profusely, plentifully,
excessively
bevasta
d4ll
adj. indifferent, unmindful,
unconcerned, careless
bhada
ll
n. rent, hire, fare, freight
bhadai

n. woman's brother's daughter
bhadau
l
n. fifth month of the Nepali
year [August-September]
bhadgaun
ll
n. Bhaktapur, Bhadgaon [an
ancient town east of
Kathmandu]
bhadkinu
l4
v.i. to be frightened, to feel
shy, to go astray
bhado
l
n. woman's brother's son
bhadra

n. fifth month of the Nepali
year [August-September]
bhagnu
l
v.i. to flee, to run away
bhai
lt
n. younger brother
bhai-bharadar
ltlll
n. king's address towards his
royal relatives
bhaibuhari
ltdll
n. younger brother's wife
bhain
t
n. ground, earth, floor
bhainsi
l
n. water buffalo [female]
bhajan
l
n. receptacle, object, dividing
27
bhaka
l4l
n. promise
bhakta

n./adj. devotee; devoted, pious
bhaktapur

n. Bhaktapur, Bhadgaon [an
ancient town east of
Kathmandu]
bhakti
l
n. devotion, worship,
veneration
bhaktiman
ll
n./adj. devotee; devoted, pious
bhakundo khelnu
4"l R
v.t. to play football
bhala
ll
n. spear, lance, pike
bhalai
lt
n. welfare, well-being,
goodness, gentleness
bhale mujur
l
n. peacock
bhalu
l
n. bear
bhanda
l
postp. compared to [used for
construction of
comparative]
bhandakunda
ll4 l
n. pots and pans
bhandaphor
"ll
n. unmasking, unveiling,
disclosure, revelation,
betrayal
bhandar
"l
n. store room
bhandnu
l
v.t. to spoil, to ruin (morally)
bhando
ll
n. cooking pot, vessel, pot
bhane

conj. if, on the other hand
bhangero
l
n. sparrow
bhanij
ll
n. sister's son
bhanje buhari
l dll
n. sister's son's wife
bhanje jvain
l 4lt
n. sister's daughter's husband
bhanji
ll
n. sister's daughter
bhanjo
ll
n. sister's son
bhanjyang
4ls
n. narrow valley, defile,
mountain pass
bhanne

adj. called, named
bhansa
ll
n. kitchen
bhansar
l
n. customs, customs duties,
office of the customs
department
bhanubhakta acarya
l ll4
n. Bhanubhakta Acharya [a
famous Nepali poet]
28
bhar

n. trust, faith, fullness
bhar parnu

v.t. to trust
bharadar
lll
n. a high official
bharadari sabha
llll l
n. assembly of high officials or
nobility in early Shah and
Rana times
bharat
l
n. India
bharatiya
ll4
adj. Indian
bhare

postp. later in the day, afterwards
bhari
ll
adj. heavy, weighty
bhari
l
adj. full to the brim, full
bharibharau
ll
adj. full to the brim, full
bharipurna
l"l
adj. full to the brim, full
bharkar
R
adv. right now
bharopeli
lll
adj. indoeuropean
bharopiya
lll4
adj. indoeuropean
bharosa
ll
n. hope, trust, reliance
bhartsana
l
n. reproach, abuse
bharya
l4l
n. wife, female consort
bharyang
4ls
n. stairs
bhasa
lll
n. language
bhasan
ll"l
n. speech, lecture
bhasan dinu
ll"l l
v.t. to give a lecture
bhasavigyan
llll4l
n. linguistics, philosophy
bhat
l
n. boiled rice
bhatamas
l
n. soyabean
bhatiji
ll
n. man's brother's daughter
bhatijo
ll
n. man's brother's son
bhattarak
l4
adj. revered, respectable
bhau
l
n. price, value, rate
bhaugolik
lll4
adj. geographic, geographical
bhaugolik mahatva
lll4 4
n. geographical importance
bhauju
l
n. elder brother's wife
bhava
l4
n. thought, mental state,
feeling, sentiment, musing
bhavan
4
n. house, mansion, palace
29
bhavan nirman kala
4l ll"l 4l
architecture
bhavana
l4l
n. thought, mental state,
feeling, sentiment, musing
bhavavacak nam
l44l4 l
n. abstract [linguistics]
bhavya
4
adj. grand, pompous,
splendorous
bhedo
l
n. sheep
bhek
4
n. neighbourhood, locality,
area
bhela
l
n. gathering (of people)
bhet

n. meeting, visit, interview
bhet hunu

v.t. to meet, to bump into
someone
bhetnu

v.i./v.t. to meet, to get, to find, to
come across
bhijnu
l
v.i. to get wet
bhiksha
lll
n. begging, alm, charity
bhinaju
ll
n. elder sister's husband
bhinnata
ll
n. difference
bhitra
l
postp. inside, within, in
bhitrinu
ll
v.i. to enter, to penetrate
bhitriya
ll4l
adj. counted as a member of
the family or group
bhitte
l
wall
bhitto
ll
n. side of the wall
bhogate
l
n. grapefruit
bhogdan
ll
n. help, assistance
bhojan
l
n. food
bhojnalaya
ll4
n. kitchen, cafe, canteen,
dining room
bhok
l4
n. hunger
bhok lagnu
l4 l
to be hungry
bhokaunu
l4l
v.i. to be hungry
bholi
ll
adv. tomorrow
bhote
l
n. Tibetan, Bhote
bhraman
"l
n. travel, travelling, roaming
bhrasta

adj. fallen, spoilt, polluted,
defiled
bhrastacar
ll
n. corruption, corrupt practice
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bhrastacari
lll
n. corrupt person
bhugarbha vigyan
l4l
n. geology
bhugolko anusandhan
karya
l4l ul 4l4
n. geological survey
bhuin
t
n. ground, floor, surface of the
earth
bhuin
t
n. ground, floor, surface of the
earth
bhuincalo
tll
n. earthquake
bhuinkatahar
t4
n. pineapple
bhuja
l
n. boild rice [upper class]
bhuknu
4
v.i. to bark
bhu-ksharan
l"l
n. soil erosion
bhulnu

v.i./v.t. to forget, to make a
mistake, to be attached
bhumi
l
n. ground, floor, surface of the
earth
bhumigat
l
n. underground
bhumika
l4l
n. preface, introduction,
foreword
bhundi
l
n. stomach
bhu-parivestit desh
l4l
n. land-locked country
bhusuno
l
n. gnat
bhutang
ls
n. Bhutan
bhuteko makai
4l 4
n. popcorn
bhuteko masu
4l l
n. fried meat
bhutla

n. fur, hair
bhutnu

v.t. to fry
bhutpurva
4
adj. past, former, previous
bhutuva
4l
n. fried meat
bhyaguto
+4ll
n. frog
bhyaunu
+4l
v.i. to find time
bic
dl
n./postp. middle, centre, during,
among
bicar
ldl
n. thought, consideration, idea
bicchi
ld3l
n. scorpion
bigauti
ldll
n. beestings, the milk of the
animal after bearing a calf
biha
ldl
n. marriage, wedding,
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matrimony
bihaite
ldlt
adj. married, wedded
bihana
ldl
n./adv. morning; in the morning
bihivar
ldl4l
n. Thursday
bij
dl
n. seed
bijaropan
dlll"l
n. laying of the foundation
stone, cornerstone
ceremony
bijuli
ldl
n. electricity, lightening
bikha
ldR
n. poison, venom
bilkul
ld4
adj. entirely, fully, completely
binti
ldl
n. request, prayer
bintipatra
ldl
n. application, petition
biralo
ldll
n. cat
birami
ldll
n./adj. patient, illness, ill
birta
ldl
n. free-hold land
birtaval
ldl4l
n. owner of free-hold land
bis
dl
num. twenty, 20
bitaunu
ldl
v.t. to spend
biu
dl
n. seed
biunjhanu
ldR
v.t. to wake up
bodi
dll
n. a kind of bean, blackeye
bean
boknu
dl4
v.t. to carry, to lift, to conceive
boko
dl4l
n. he-goat
bolaunu
dll
v.t. to call, to invite
bolbala
dldll
n. all in all, all powerful
bolcal
dll
n. conversation, talk
bolcalma
dlll
in everyday language
bolinu
dll
v.i. to be spoken
bolivacan
dll4
n. conversation, talk
bolnu
dl
v.i. to speak
brihaspatibar
dldl
n. Thursday
brihat
d
adj. big, large, huge
buddhi
dl
n. knowledge, intellect, mental
power, wisdom
buddhical
dll
n. chess
32
buddhijivi
dll4l
adj. intelligent, learned
budha ba
dl dl
n. grandfather [lower class]
budhavar
du4l
n. Wednesday
budhi ama
dl ll
n. grandmother [lower class]
budhi aunlo
dl ll
n. thumb
budho
dl
adj. old [person]
buhari
dll
n. son's wife, daughter-in-law
buingal
dt
n. upper storey of a house,
attic, garret
bujhaunu
dRl
v.t. to explain, to make over
bunda
d l
n. main point, main issue
burundi
d"l
n. Burundi
butta
dl
n. design
buva
d4l
n. father, papa
bvanso
4ll
n. wolf
byadmintan
4ll
n. badminton
cabaunu
dl
v.t. to chew
cadhaunu
l
v.t. to cause to ride, to offer [to
superiors]
cadhnu

v.t. to climb, to mount, to ride
cadnu

v.t. to mount, to go up, to
ascend, to ride, to improve
caharnu
l
v.t. to loiter, to linger, to walk
about, to spend time idly by
moving about
cahinu
ll
v.i. to be necessary, to be
required
cait

n. twelfth month of the Nepali
year [March-April]
caitra

n. twelfth month of the Nepali
year [March-April]
cakhaunu
Rl
v.t. to cause to taste
cakhnu
l
v.t. to taste
cakku
44
n. knife, cutting knife
cakramarg
l
n. ringroad
cal
l
n. movement
calak
l4
adj. clever, sly, cunning, shrewd
calakh
lR
adj. clever, sly, cunning, shrewd
33
calan

n. custom, habit, style,
conduct
calan
l
n. despatch, consignment
calan garnu

v.t. to use
calaunu
l
v.t. to cause to move, to put to
use, to move, to despatch
calis
ll
num. forty, 40
callo
l
n. young chicken
calnu

v.i. to move, to be current, to
be in use, to work, to flirt
caltika
l4l
adj. common, normal, in
circulation
camada
l
n. skin, hide
camal
l
n. husked but uncooked rice
camca
l
n. spoon
camero
l
n. bat, vampire
camkanu
4
v.i. to glitter, to shine
camkaunu
4l
v.t. to polish, to cause to shine
camkilo
l4l
adj. bright
camsur

n. [a kind of pungent
vegetable eaten raw as
herbal medicine]
canakya
l"l44
n. [name of Kautilya, the
author of the ancient
Arthashastra]
cancun
l
adj. about, a little,
miscellaneous
canda
l
n. donation
candai
l
adv. soon
candi
ll
n. silver
cando
ll
adj. quick, fast, soon,
immediately
candrama
l
n. moon
cangunarayan
lll4"l
n. Changunarayan [an ancient
site in the eastern part of
the Kathmandu valley]
cap
l
n. arc, segment of a circle,
semi-circle, rainbow
car
l
num. four, 4
caraitira
ll
adv. on all (four) sides
caran
"l
n. foot, leg, a quarter of a
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stanza
caraunu
l
v.t. to make graze
carca
l
n. talk, enquiry, query, praise,
remark, commendation
carit
l
n. character, conduct,
manners, behaviour, work,
occupation
caritra
l
n. character, conduct,
manners, behaviour, work,
occupation
carkanu
4
v.t. to crack, to split, to break
carkaunu
4l
v.t. to cause to crack, to cause
to split
carkha
Rl
n. spinning wheel
carko
4l
adj. hard, bitter, heavy, difficult,
loud, piquant. lively,
excessive, high
carnu

v.i. to graze
caro
l
n. bird
cartarph
l
adv. on all (four) sides
cartira
ll
adv. on all (four) sides
cataunu
l
v.t. to cause to lick
catnu
l
v.i. to lick
caubar
ld
adj. four times
caubis
ldl
num. twenty-four, 24
cauda
ll
n./adj. width, breadth; wide
caudai
llt
n./adj. width, breadth; wide
caudha
lu
num. fourteen, 14
cauhattar
l
num. seventy-four, 74
cauka
l4l
n. eating place surrounding
the store
cauntis
ll
num. thirty-four, 34
caupattai
l
adj. exceedingly, exceptionally
cauranabbe
lld
num. ninety-four, 94
caurasi
lll
num. eighty-four, 84
causatthi
ll
num. sicty-four, 64
cautara
lll
n. sincere and benevolent
member of the royal family
cautariya
ll4l
n. member of the royal family
35
cautarph
l
adv. on all (four) sides
cautho
l"l
adj. fourth
cavalis
4ll
num. forty-four, 44
cavanna
4
num. fifty-four, 54
cavaunu
4l
v.t. to chew
cehara
l
n. face, appearance,
countenance
celi
l
n. female disciple, female
pupil
celibeti becvikhat
ldl dl4R
n. girls trafficking
cepang
ls
n. Chepang [a Nepalese
nationality]
cetana
l
n. intelligence,
consciousness, animation,
rationality, spirit
cetauni
ll
n. to warn
cetavani
l4l
n. warning
cetnu

v.i. to be conscious, to recover
the senses, to be on the
alert
cha
3
num. six, 6
cha patra
3
adj. sixfold
chabbis
3dl
num. twenty-six, 26
chadnu
3l
v.i./v.t. to throw up, to vomit
chadnu
3l
v.t. to leave, to leave out
chahari
3ll
shade, shelter, protection
chahattar
3
num. seventy-six, 76
chaisatthi
3l
num. sixty-six, 66
chaitaun
3l
adj. sixth
chakkinu
3l44
v.i. to be deceived, to be
astonished
chakyaunu
34l
v.t. to tell lies, to deceive
chala
3ll
n. skin
chalnu
3
v.t. to deceive, to trick
chalphal
3
n. discussion, debate
chalphal garnu
3
v.t. to discuss
chamnu
3l
v.t. to touch, to feel
chana
3ll
n. roof
36
chanavin
3l4l
n. selection, search, scrutiny,
choice
chand
3
n. meter, prosody, intention
channe
3l
n. filter, strainer
channu
3l
v.t. to choose, to select, to
sieve
chantyal
34l
n. Chantyal [a Nepali
nationality]
chapakhana
3llRll
n. press, printing press
chapanna
3
num. fifty-six, 56
chapinu
3ll
v.i. to be published
chapnu
3l
v.t. to print, to publish
charnu
3
v.t. to scatter, to disperse
chata
3ll
n. umbrella
chati
3ll
n. chest, breast, bravery,
courage
chatra
3l
n. scholar, disciple, pupil
chatravas
3ll4l
n. hostel, boarding house,
lodging
chattis
3l
num. thirty-six, 36
chaunu
3l
v.t. to cover, to roof
chauro
3ll
n. cub, puppy, kitten
chaya
3l4l
n. shade, shadow, reflection
chayalis
34ll
num. forty-six, 46
chayan
3l4l
n. shade, shadow, reflection
chayanabbe
34ld
num. ninety-six, 96
chayasi
34ll
num. eighty-six, 86
cheknu
34
v.t. to stop, to hinder
chetri
3l
n. Chetri, Kshatriya [the
second highest class
(varna) of the Hindu social
hierarchy]
chimeki
l34l
n. neighbour
chindi
l3l
n. cellar, basement
chiraunu
l3l
v.t. to cause to go through
chirkemirke
l34l4
adj. spotted
chirnu
l3
v.i. to go through, to bore
through
chito
l3l
adj. quick, smart
37
chodnu
3l
v.t. to leave, to leave out, to
abandon, to relinquish, to
give up
chopnu
3l
v.t. to cover, to hide
chori
3ll
n. daughter
choro
3ll
n. son
choto
3ll
adj. short, small, condensed
chunu
3
v.t. to touch
churavaji
3l4ll
n. exchange of dagger-blows
chuskar
34
n. tell-tale, backbiter
chutkara
34ll
n. release, freedom, rescue
chutnu
3
v.i. to be left, to separate
chuvachut
34l3
n. untouchability,
contamination
cihan
ll
n. grave, graveyard, cemetry,
tomb, burial ground
cijbij
lld
n. goods, furniture, wares
cikitsa
ll4l
n. treatment, remedy,
medication, therapy
cikitsalaya
ll4l4
n. hospital, dispensary
cil
l
n. eagle
cimotnu
ll
v.t. to pinch, to nip
cin
l
n. China
cinari
lll
n. identity, acquaintance,
intimacy, familiarity
cinaunu
ll
v.t. to introduce, to cause to
recognize
ciniyan
ll4l
adj. Chinese
cinnu
l
v.t. to recognize, to know, to
identify, to distinguish
cinta
ll
n. woory, anxiety, care,
concern, reflection
cintan
l
n. thinking, study, reflection,
contemplation, meditation
cintit
ll
adj. sad
ciplo
ll
adj. slippery
cirnu
l
v.t. to split, to rip up
ciso
ll
adj. cold, wet, moistened, damp
ciso pani
ll ll
n. cold water
38
cithi
ll
n. letter, written message
citra
l
n. picture, painting,
illustration, image
citta
l
n. mind, feeling, spirit, heart,
attention, memory, thought
cittha
ll
n. lottery, game of chance
citthi
ll
n. letter, written message
cituva
l4l
n. leopard, panther
ciundo
ll
n. chin
ciura
ll
n. flattened rice, beaten rice
ciya
l4l
n. tea
cod-patra
l
n. written consent of divorce,
quitclaim
cok
l4
n. courtyard
cokhinu
llR
v.i. to be pure
cor
l
n. thief, robber, swindler
cornu
l
v.t. to steal
cot
l
n. wound, bruise, hurt, mental
agony
cucuro
l
n. peak, summit, highest point
cuda
l
n. crown, crest
cudamani
ll"l
n. a kind of valuable ornament
or jewel worn on the head
cuhinu
l
v.i. to drip, to leak
cuhunu

v.i. to drip, to leak
culensi
l
n. a curved instrument for
cutting and preparing
vegetables for cooking
culo
l
n. cooking place, stove
cultho
l
n. plaited hair, interwoven hair
cumnu

v.t. to kiss, to caress
cuna
l
n. lime
cunauti
ll
n. challenge
cunav
l4
n. election, selection
cunavi
l4l
adj. electoral
cup lagnu
l
v.i. to be quiet
curot
l
n. cigarette
cusnu

v.t. to suck
39
cutai
lt
n. beating, thrashing
cutnu

v.t. to thrash, to beat
cyankhla
4ll
n. ground corn
cyatnu
4l
v.t. to tear
cyau
4l
n. mushroom
dabau
dl
n. pressure
dabi
ldl
n. claim, demand
dadhnu

v.i. to burn, to be burnt up
dadu
l
n. ladle
daguraunu
l
v.t. to cause to run
dagurnu

v.i. to run, to hasten, to race
daha

n. pond, lake
dahi
l
n. yoghurt
dahine
ll
adj. right
dahri
ll
n. beard
dai
lt
n. elder brother
dailo
l
n. door, gate, passage,
entrance
daju
l
n. elder brother
dajyu
l4
n. elder brother
daknu
l4
v.t. to call, to invite
daksha
l
adj. dexterous, able, astute
dakshin koriya
ll"l 4ll4l
n. Sdkorea
dal
l
n. different kinds of lentils
dal

n. party, group, crowd
dalal
l
n. broker, tout, middleman
dalbal
d
n. the whole party, army,
strenght
dalbandi
dl
n. party politics, group politics
dalcini
lll
n. cinnamon
dalit
l
n. Dalit, untouchable (as seen
by the Bahuns)
dallo
l
n. round thing, cloth, lump
dalo
ll
n. basket
dalpati
l
n. party leader, chief,
commander
dalvihinata
l4ll
n. independence from party,
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non-party
daman

n. suppression, oppression
dampati
l
n. husband and wife
damphu

n. a kind of drum
dan
l
n. donation, gift, religious gift,
contribution
danda
ll
n. hill, hillock, pole of a roof
danda
l
n. fine, penalty, punishment
dandalnu
l
n. back
dandi
ll
n. pole, staff (of a palanquin)
dando
ll
n. hill, hillock, the pole of a
roof
danphe
l
n. the nine-coloured
Himalayan pheasant [the
National Bird of Nepal]
dant
l
n. tooth
dant majhnu
l lR
v.t. to clean teeth
dant malnu
l
v.t. to clean teeth
dant maskaunu
l 4l
v.t. to clean teeth
dantko burus
l4l d
n. tooth brush
dantmanjan

n. tooth paste
danuvar
4l
n. Dhanuwar [a Nepali
nationality]
dapha
l
n. section of a law
dar

n. fear, dread, alarm, risk,
danger
daraj
l
n. cupboard
daraunu
l
v.i. to frighten, to be frightened
darbar
dl
n. palace, royal court
dari
ll
n. beard
dari
l
n. cotton rug
daridra
l
adj. poor, needy, penurious
darim
ll
n. pomegranate
darja
l
n. class, standard, position,
rank
darjan

n. dozen
darjiling
llls
n. Darjeeling
darlagdo
ll
adj. dreadful, terrible,
dangerous
41
darle

out of fear
darshan

n. audience, appearance,
vision
das

num. ten, 10
das
l
n. slave, servant, dependent
dasana
l
n. cotton rug for lying on,
mattress
dasaun
l
adj. tenth
dashak sarvanam
4 4l
n. demonstrative pronoun
dasi
l
n. proof, evidence
dasta
ll
n. slavery, servitude, bondage
dastavej
4
n. document, deed
data
ll
giver, donor, benefactor
datri sanstha
l "l
n. donor agency
daudaha
lll
n. touring, travelling,
inspection
daura
ll
n. firewood, fuel, dried wood
dava
l4l
n. claim, demand
daya
4l
n. kindness, favour, mercy,
pity, sympathy
daya aunu
4l l
to pity, to feel pity
dayan
l4l
adj. right
dayaniya
4l4
adj. pitiable, arousing pity
debre
d
adj. left, reverse, opposite
dedh baje
d
adv. half past one
dekhaunu
Rl
v.t. to show
dekhi
lR
postp. from, after, owing to
dekhinu
lR
v.i. to be seen, to appear
dekhnu

v.t. to see
dera
l
n. residence, booth, camp
desh

n. land, country, region
deshantar

n. terrestrial longitude; foreign
country
deshbhakta

n. patriot
deshbhakti
l
n. patriotism
deshraksha
ll
n. national defence
devar
4
n. husband's younger brother
42
devarani
4ll
n. husband's younger
brother's wife
devata
4l
n. god
dhadas
l
n. encouragement, hope,
assurance
dhago
ull
n. thread
dhakane
4
n. rice fried in butter and
cooked in milk
dhakdhakyaunu
44l
v.t. to push down, to tap
dhaknu
l4
v.t. to hide, to cover, to conceal
dhamilo
ull
adj. dim, not clear, dirty, muddy
dhamki
u4l
n. threatening, threat, reproof
dhan
u
n. wealth, property, riches
dhan
ul
n. unhusked Reis
dhanca
ll
n. design, way, method, make
up, manner
dhandha
uul
n. occupation, business,
profession
dhandhali
ulul
n. chaos, chaotic state
dhani
ull
adj. golden
dhani
ul
adj. rich
dhaniyan
ul4l
n. coriander
dhaniyanko sag
ul4l4l l
n. coriander green
dhantnu
l
v.i. to tell a lie, to deceive
dhapaunu
ul
v.t. to drive away, to chase
dhara
ull
n. water tap, torrent, current
of water
dharahara
ul
n. tower
dharan
ul"l
n. holding, wielding
dharana
ul"ll
n. determination, thought,
memory
dharatal
ul
n. surface (of the earth)
dharke
u4
adj. striped
dharma
u
n. religion, duty, creed, faith
dharmadeva
u4
n. Dharmadeva [a Licchavi
king, father of Manadeva I]
dharmadhikari
ullu4ll
n. an official responsible for
jurisdiction
dharmagranth
u"
n. religious text
43
dharmashala
ull
n. resthouse [for religious
puposes]
dharmavacak nam
u4l4 l
n. abstract noun [ling.]
dharmik
ul4
adj. religious, related to dharma
dharmik sthan
ul4 "l
n. religious centre
dharna
ul
n. the act of waiting for
something
dharo
ull
n. spring of water, current of
water, stream of people
dhatu
ul
n. metal
dhau
ul
n. ore
dherai
u
adj. much, many, a lot
dherai aghi
u l
adv. long time ago
dherai logne hunu
u l
comp. to practice polyandry
dherai vivaha
u l44l
n. polgamy
dherai vivaha garnu
u l44l
comp. to practice polygamy
dheraijaso
ul
adj. many, a lot
dhiki
l4l
n. a machine for husking rice
dhimal
lul
n. Dhimal [a Nepali
nationality]
dhindo
ll
n. boiled flour paste
dhoka
l4l
n. door, gate, gateway
dhukka
44
adj. free from axiety, secure
dhukur
4
n. dove
dhukuti
4l
n. barn, storehouse, treasury
dhunga
l
n. stone
dhup
u
n. sun, sunshine, incence
dhusro
ul
adj. ash-coloured, grey
dhvanse
4l
adj. dark-brown, soot-coloured
dhyan
4l
n. meditation, contemplation
didi
ll
n. elder sister
digo
ll
adj. sustainable
din
l
n. day
dinahun
l
adj. daily
dinbhari
ll
for the whole day
dinu
l
v.t. to give
dirgha
l
adj. large, wide, tall, huge, deep
44
dirghakalin
l4ll
adj. sustained, chronic, long
term
disha
ll
n. direction
diunso
ll
adv. at the day time
divas
l4
n. day
dobar
ld
adj. double, twice, twofold
dohori
lll
adj. pertaining to both sides
doklo
l4l
adj. double
doko
l4l
n. a big basket carried on the
back
doreto
ll
n. footpath, way to walk
dori
ll
n. cord, rope
dosi
lll
adj. defective, faulty, guilty,
sinful
dosro
ll
adj. second
dravyavacak nam
44l4 l
n. material noun
dristi
l
n. sight, vision, looking
dristikon
l4l"l
n. viewpoint, visual angle
dublaunu
l
v.i. to get thin, to be weak
dublo
l
adj. weak, thin, lean, skiny
dubnu

v.i. to drown, to sink
dubulki marnu
d4l l
v.t. to take the plunge
dudh
u
n. milk
dugdha
u
n. milk
dugdhasar
ul
n. cheese
dugurnu

v.i. to run
duhkhi
:Rl
adj. sad
duhunu

v.t. to milk
dui
t
num. two, 2
dura
l
n. Dura [a Nepali nationality]
duragraha
l
n. prejudice, improper attempt
durdarshita
ll
n. far-sightedness, prudence,
sagacity
durgam

adj. remote
dursancar
l
n. telecommunication
durvavahar
44l
n. misconduct, misbehaviour
dusti
l
adj. defective, corrupted,
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defiled, contaminated,
polluted
dut

n. ambassador, massenger,
courier
dvandva
Tl
n. couple, duel, quarrel
dvara
Tll
postp. from, by
dvija
lT
n. twice-born, Brahman,
oviparous
dvitiya purus vacak
lTl4 l 4l4
n. second person [ling.]
dvitiyardha
lTl4lu
n. second half
dyotak
l4
adj. making clear, showing,
manifesting, enlightening,
indicating
e
]
int. hey! listen!
eghara
]l
num. eleven, 11
egharaun
]ll
adj. eleventh
ejan
]
ditto, loc cit.
ek
]4
num. one, 1
ek baji
]4 dll
adv. once
ek chin
]4 l3
adv. for a moment, for a short
time
ek coti
]4 ll
adv. once
ek khep
]4 R
adv. once
ek na ek
]4 ]4
one or other
ek palta
]4
adv. once
ek saya dui
]4 4 t
num. one hundred and two, 102
ek saya ek
]4 4 ]4
num. one hundred and one, 101
ekaarkalai
]4l4llt
adv. each other
ekabihana
]4lldl
adv. very early in the morning
ekadeshma
]4ll
in any country
ekaki
]4l4l
adj. alone, solitary
ekanabbe
]4ld
num. ninety-one, 91
ekanta
]4l
n./adj. solitude, loneliness; alone,
lonely
ekanunna
]4l
num. fifty-one, 51
ekasi
]4ll
num. eighty-one, 81
ekatira
]4ll
adv. to one side, on the one
hand
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ekcalis
]4ll
num. forty-one, 41
ekdam
]4
adv. very
ekedami
]4l
n. academy
ekhattar
]4
num. seventy-one, 71
ekikaran
]4l4"l
n. integration, amalgamation,
unification
ekikrit
]4l4
integrated, united, unified
ekkai coti
]44 ll
adv. at the same time, at once
ekkais
]44lt
num. twenty-one, 21
ekkasi
]44ll
adv. suddenly, at once, all at
once
eklai
]4
adv. alone, only
eklauti
]4ll
adj. monopolistic
eklo
]4l
adj. lone, solitary, alone, single
eknas
]4l
adj. similar, in the same way,
monotonous, uniform, all
the same
ekohorinu
]4lll
v.i. to concentrate on one thing
only
eksaro
]4l
adj. single, without cover, once
eksatthi
]4l
num. sixty-one, 61
ekta
]4l
n. oneness, unity, union,
sameness, solidarity
ektak
]44
adv. incessant, continuous
ektis
]4l
num. thirty-one, 31
ektrit
]4l
adj. united, gathered
eproc
]l
n. approach
eshiyali
]l4ll
adj. Asian
esiyayi
]l4l4l
adj. Asian
euta
]l
adj. one [non-human]
euta tukra jagga
]l l l
a small plot of land
evamastu
]4
adv. so be it; Amen
evan
]4
conj. and, as also
gada
l
n. club, mace, bludgeon
gadagad

adj. glad, happy, pleased, joyful
gadar

n. mutiny, rebellion, revolt
gadda
l
n. soft and thick bed, mattress
gaddar
l
adj. revolutionary
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gaddar

n. mud, dirt, swamp
gaddar-posh
l
n. door mat for rubbing off
mud
gaddi
l
n. throne, saddle cloth,
cushion
gaddu

n./adv. a bear's cub; useless, good
for nothing, worthless
gadgad

thick mud or any thick
substance, muddy,
swampy
gadha
ul
n. donkey, ass
gadhapaccisi
ulll
n. adolescence, an
unexperienced age
gadinarasing
lls
adj. enthroned, installed as king
gadnu
l
v.t. to bury
gadryak-gudruk
4l4 4
n. sound produced by the
trampling of feet or hoofs
gadryamma
4l
n. terrible sound produced by
the fall of heavy things
gadya

n. prose, ordinary writing
gadya-kavita
4l4l
n. prose poetry
gadya-kavya
4l4
n. prose, belles lettres
gagri
ll
n. a metal water-vessel
gagro
ll
n. a large earthenware or
metal jar for water
gahak
l4
n. buyer, customer, purchaser
gahaki
l4l
n. buyer, customer, purchaser
gahat

n. lentils
gahiro
ll
adj. deep, profound, solemn
gahraun
l
adj. heavy, weighty
gahro
ll
adj. difficult, arduous, hard
gahrungo
l
adj. heavy, weighty
gahun

n. wheat
gai
lt
n. cow
gaibastu
lt4
n. cattle
gaihra

adj. all, whole
gainda
l
n. rhinoceros
gair sarkari sanstha
4ll "l
n. Non Government
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Organization, NGO
gairaprajatantrik
lll4
adj. undemocratic, non-
democratic
gajar
l
n. carrot
gala
ll
n. cheeks
galainca
l
n. carpet
galat

adj. wrong
gali
ll
n. rebuke, abuse, reproof
gali
ll
n. rebuke, abuse, reproof
gali garnu
ll
v.t. to tell off, to insult
galli
l
n. lane, by-lane
gamarkyaunu
4l
v.t. to clutch, to seize
gambhir
l
adj. deep, grave, far down
ganagan

n. grumbling, murmuring,
prattling
ganaganahat
l
n. grumbling, murmuring,
prattling
ganaganaunu
l
v.i. to grumble, to mumur
ganatantra
"l
n. republic, republican system
of government
ganathan
"
n. idle talk, gossip, a long tale
ganathanaunu
"l
v.t. to talk nonsense, to gossip
gandagi
l
n. filth, dirt, impurity
gandha
u
n. smell, odour, stink, scent,
perfume
gandhadravya
u4
a sweet scented substance
gandhak
u4
n. sulphur, brim-stone
gandhakshat
ull
n. sandal-wood, tice, etc. for
puja
gandharva
u4
n. a celestian or heavenly
musician, a class of demi-
god
gandharva-ved
u4 4
n. science of Music
gandharva-vidya
u4l4l
n. music, the science of music
gandharva-vivaha
u4 l44l
n. a kind of marriage by
mutual agreement, love
marriage
gandhi
ul
a perfumer, one who sells
essences or scented oils,
scented, perfumed, having
a sweet smell
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gandhik
lu4
n. the scent of perfumery
merchant
gandyaulo
ll
n. earthworm
gangato
l
n. crab
ganja
ll
n. marijuana
ganjagol
l
n. confusion, topsy-turvey,
chaos
ganji
l
n. sweater, vest, jacket,
undershirt
ganjipha
ll
n. a kind of playing cards or
ist game
gannu

v.t. to count, to reckon, to
deem
gans
l
n. mouthful, morsel
gansnu
l
v.t. to join together
ganti
l
n. number, reckoning,
attendance
gapashap

n. prattle, tittle-tattle
gapphad

prattler, braggart, tattler
garaunu
l
v.t. to cause to do
garbha

n. womb, foetus, embryo
garerai chadnu
3l
v.t. to perform at all cost
garib
ld
n./adj. poor, penniless, humble,
needy
garibi
ldl
n. poverty, penury, humility
garjan-tarjan

n. threat, intimidation
garjanu

v.i. to thunder, to roar, to
bluster
garmi
l
n. heat, warmth
garna chodnu
3l
v.t. to stop to do something
garna dinu
l
v.t. ro allow to do something, to
cause to do something
garna thalnu
"l
v.t. to start to do something
garnu

v.t. to do
garo
ll
n. wall
gate

n. date [according to the
Nepali calendar]
gatha
l"l
n. story, tale, verse, song, lay
gathakar
l"l4l
n. author of a narrative tale
gathan

n. formation, construction; act
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of building,modelling or
shaping
gathaso
"ll
n. long tale of oneself,
nonsense
gati
l
n. speed, motion, movement,
condition, circumstance,
position
gatihara
lll
adj. lazy, sedentary, idle,
stagnant
gatiman
ll
n. speed, movement, full
motion
gatishil
ll
n. speed, movement, full
motion
gatividhi
ll4lu
n. activity, movements,
frequentation, state of
things, position of progress
gatta

adj. hopeless, having nothing
gattam

adj. hopeless, having nothing
gatvar
4
adj. transitory, perishable,
mortal
gaun
l
n. village
gaun
l"l
adj. secondary, subordinate,
indirect, inferior, expressing
associate quality
gaun vikas samiti
l l44l ll
n. Village Development
Committee, VDC
gaunghar
l
n. neighbour, villager
gaunnivasi
ll4ll
n. villager
gaunthali
l"l
n. swallow
gayab
l4d
adj. missing, vanished,
dissappeared
geru

adj. ochre, red-brown
ghadi
l
n. clock, watch
ghailo
l
n. a large water-vessel, a
huge pitcher
ghaite
lt
adj. hurt
gham
l
n. sunshine, heat of the sun
ghan

n. large hammer, cloud,
solidity
ghana
l
adj. thik, dense, solid, grumous
ghanta
"
n. clock, watch
ghantaghar
"
n. clocktower
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ghanti
ll
n. throat, mountain pass, vale
ghar

n. house
ghar hernu

to run the household, to do
the housework
gharelu udyog
l
n. cottage industry
ghatak
4
n. factor, component,
constitutent, ingredient
ghatana
l
n. incident, event, accident,
episode
ghataunu
l
v.t. to cause to decrease, to
subtract
ghati
ll
n. throat, mountain pass, vale
ghati
l
adj. less, few, little
ghatnu

v.i. to decrease, to lesson, to
decline
ghatta

n. corn mill, water mill
ghatu
l
n. a Gurung dance
ghau
l
n. wound, sore, hurt, injury,
ulcer
ghiu
l
n. melted butter
ghoda
ll
n. horse, pony, hammer of a
gun
ghoral
l
n. Himalayan wild goat
ghosana
ll"ll
n. declaration, proclamation,
announcement
ghosanapatra
ll"ll
n. manifesto
ghosit
lll
adj. declared, proclaimed
ghumnu

v.i. to move about, to roam, to
turn round, to go around
ghunda
l
n. knee
ghus

n. bribe, emolument, graft
ghyampo
4ll
n. a large clay jar, a store-jar
giddha
l
n. vulture
gija
ll
n. gum
gilo
ll
adj. soft, overripe, overcooked
girnu
l
v.i. to fall, to drop, to come
down, to be degraded
glas
l
n. glass
gobar
ld
n. cowdung [used as plaster
on the floor of the house]
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godam
ll
n. godown, storehouse,
granery
godamel
l
n. weeding, removal of weeds
godavari
ll4l
n. Godavari [a village in
Kathmandu valley]
godnu
l
v.t. to beat severely
godnu
l
v.t. to weed, to remove weeds
gohi
ll
n. crocodile
golbhinda
lll
n. tomato
goli
ll
n. a small ball, bullet
goli gantho
ll ll
n. ankle bone
golidvara mrityudanda
llTll 4"
n. death penalty by shooting
goman sarp
l
n. cobra
gopalprasad rimal
lll ll
n. Gopal Prasad Rimal [ a
famous Nepali poet]
gopya
l4
adj. confidential, secret, private
goro
ll
adj. fair-complexioned, white
[skin]
goru
l
n. ox [castrated]
gosthi
ll
n. symposium, small
assembly, discourse
goth
l
n. cowshed, byre
graha

n. planet, evil star, eclipse
grahan
"l
n. acceptance, reception, act
of receiving or holding
gram
l
n. village
grenait
lt
n. granite
griha

n. house, abode, residence,
dwelling
gulaphi
ll
adj. pink, rose-coloured
guliyo
l4l
adj. sweet, sugary
gumaraha
l
adj. misled, astray
gumaunu
l
v.t. to lose, to forfeit
gun
"l
n. quality, virtue, merit,
attainment
gunabodhak
"ldlu4
adj. qualitative [gram.]
gundri
l
n. mat made of rice, wheat or
corn-straw
gundruk
4
n. fermented and dried
vegetables
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gupta

adj. obscure, hidden, secret,
private
guptacar

n. spy, emissary
gupti
l
n. spy, detective
guru

n. spiritual teacher, master,
guide
gurung
s
n. Tamu, Gurung [a Nepali
nationality]
guruvar
4l
n. Thursday
guthi
l
n. a religious or benevolent
society, trust, pledge
gyan
l
n. knowledge, intelligence,
understanding, wisdom
gyani
ll
n./adj. learned, intelligent,
informed, erudite
gyapan
l
n. memorandum
habba
dl
n. might, power, capacity,
strength
habbe
d
n. might, power, capacity,
strength
hackanu
4
v.i. to get frightened, to
hesitate, to be scared
had
l
n. bone
hade badam
l dl
n. almond
hadpa

n. confiscation, taking one's
property illegally,
misappropriation
hadtal
l
n. strike, picket
haisiyat
l4
n. ability, status, merit,
capacity
hajar
l
num. one thousand, 1,000
hajurama
ll
n. grandmother
hajurba
dl
n. grandfather [rural]
hajurbuva
d4l
n. grandfather
hajurmuma
l
n. grandmother [upper class]
hak
4
n. right, authority, claim
hal
l
n./adj. present time, present
condition, description
halkhabar
lRd
n. news current affair
halla
l
n. noise, turmoil, uproar,
tumult
halnu
l
v.t. to put, to serve
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haluka
4l
adj. light (in weight)
haluko
4l
adj. light [weight]
halungo
7l
adj. light [weight]
haluva
4l
n. flour boiled in water and
mixed with butter and sugar
haluvabed
4ld
n. a kind of sweet fruit
hamala
l
n. attack, invasion, assault
hamro
ll
pron. our (m.)
hango
ll
n. branch, offspring
haninu
ll
v.i. to run very fast, to fly very
fast
hanknu
l4
v.t. to drive, to challenge, to
exaggerate
hannu
l
v.t. to strike, to shoot, to jump
hans
l
n. duck, goose, swan
hansa

n. soul, vital air, life; duck,
swan, goose
hansaunu
l
v.t. to cause to laugh
hanseuli
l
n. laughter, joke, jest, fun,
spott
hansilo
ll
adj. humerous, cheerful,
frolicsome, jolly, jovial, gay,
merry
hans-kukhura palan
l4Rl l
n. poultry farming
hanso
ll
n. laughter, laugh
hanssi
l
n. laughter, joke, fun
hara

adj. every, everyone
haraunu
l
v.i. to lose, to defeat
harayo
l4l
it has got lost
harbakhat
dR
adv. always, ever
hardam

adv. always, ever
hariya makai
l4l 4
n. corn on the cob
hariyo
l4l
adj. green
hartakarta
l4l
n. one who is all in all, the
Almighty
hasil
ll
adj. obtained, acquired
hastagat

adj. received, obtained
hastakala
4l
n. handicraft, hand-work
hastakshar
ll
n. signature, one's own
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handwriting
hastakshep
l
n. interference, interruption
hat
l
n. hand
hat aunu
l l
comp. to fall into someone's
hands
hat halnu
l l
to lend a hand
hatiyar
l4l
n. weapon
hatkelo
4l
n. palm
hatnu

v.i. to retreat, to go away, to
get out of the way
hatteri
l
adv. word used for expressing
surprise or sorrow
hatti
ll
n. elephant
hatya
4l
n. murder, killing, slaughter
hava
4l
n. air, wind, breeze
hava
l4l
n. air, wind, breeze
havai
4lt
adj. airy, relating to air
havai jahaj
4lt l
n. airplane
havai marg
4lt l
n. air route
havai-dank
4lt l4
n. air letter, aerograph
havajahaj
l4ll
n. aeroplane, airplane
havan
4
n. fire sacrifice
havapani
l4lll
n. climate, weather
havas
4
o.k. [a word to indicate
obedience]
hemanta

n. late autumn, beginning of
the cold season
hernu

v.t. to see, to look at, to watch
herpher

n. change, exchange,
alteration, transfer
hijo
ll
adv. yesterday
hijo rati
ll ll
adv. last night
hijoaja
lll
adv. nowadays
himalaya pradesh
ll4
n. Himalayan region
himarekha
lRl
n. snowline
himasrot bhaeko nadi
ll ]4l l
n. meltwater river
him-marubhumi
ll
n. tundra
hina
l
adj. low, vile, inferior, degraded,
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base, humble
hindi
ll
n. Hindi
hindnu
l
v.i. to walk, to go, to move, to
start, to set off
hira
ll
n. diamond
hit
l
n. gain, benefit
hiun
l
n. snow
hoco
ll
adj. short, low
hodabaji
ldll
n. contest, gambling, betting
hosh
l
n. sense, sensibility,
intelligence
hosh garnu
l
v.t. to be cautious
hoshiyar
ll4l
adj. cautious, careful
hoshiyari
ll4ll
n. cautiousness, carefulness,
prudence
hotel
l
n. hotel
hridaya
4
n. heart, mind, will
hukka
44l
n. water pipe, Hookka
hulak adda
l4
n. post office
hundi
l
postp. during
huri
l
n. strong wind, storm
huri calnu
l
to be stormy
hyolmo
ll
n. Hyolmo [a Nepalese
nationality]
iccha
t3l
n. wish, desire
icchit
tl3
adj. desired, wished for
icchuk
t34
adj. interested
ijjat
t
n. honour, status
ikh
tR
n. jealousy, envy, vengeance
ikh phernu
tR
v.t. to take revenge
ilaka
tl4l
n. jurisdiction, possession,
limit, area under control
ilam
tl
n. Ilam (a district in Eastern
Nepal)
ilame
tl
n. inhabitant of Ilam
iman
tl
n. truth, belief, faith, honesty
imandar
tll
adj. honest, trustworthy, faithful
imandar
tll
adj. honest, faithful
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imandari
tlll
n. honesty, faithfulness,
integrity
indonesia
tll4l
n. Indonesien
indriya
tl4
n. sense, sense organ
inklab
t4ld
n. revolution
int
t
n. brick
irada
tll
n. wish, desire, will, plan,
intention
irsya
t4l
n. jealousy, envy
irsyalu
t4l
adj. jealous, envious
ishara
tll
n. gesture, sign, indication,
wink
ishvar
t4
n. God, the Lord
iskus
t4
n. a kind of vegetable
ispat
tl
n. steel
ista
t
adj. wished, desired
itar
t
adj. other
itihas
tll
n. history
itihasik
tlll4
adj. historical
itihaskar
tll4l
n. historian
itrinu
tl
v.i. to be mischievous, to talk
mischievously about sex
ityadi
t4ll
conj. etcetera, etc.
iyarphon
t4l
n. earphone, hearing-aid
jado
ll
n./adj. coolness, winter, chill, cold
jaga

n. foundation, ground work
jagaran
l"l
n. awakening, wakefulness
jagat
4
n. universe, the world
jagga
ll
n. landland, field, estate
jagir
ll
n. employment, Job, service,
monthly salary, wages
jagnu
l
v.i. to wake up, to be alert, to
be angry
jahaj
l
n. ship, vessel
jahan
l
pron. where
jahan
l
n. family, members of the
family
jal

n. water
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jalaunu
l
v.t. to set fire to
jali
ll
n./adj. 1. forgerer, netting, web, film;
imitated, forged
jalnu

v.i. to burn, to be kindled
jal-shakti
l
n. water power
jalvayu
4l4
n. climate
jalvayuko prabhav
4l44l l4
n. climatical influence
jal-vibhajak
l4l4
n. watershed
jama
l
n. congestion, dregs, rusts
jama
l
adv. tol, in sum, altogether
jamaunu
l
v.t. to make solid, to freeze
jamin
l
n. land, field
jamma
l
adv. tol, in sum, altogether
jamnu

v.i. to be frozen
jana
l
n. (counting word for persons)
jana-andolan
ll
n. popular movement,
people's movement
janacetana
l
n. ethnic consciousness,
national consciousness
janaganana
"ll
n. census
janai

n. sacred thread of a
Brahman
jana-jagaran
l"l
n. popular awakening,
renaissance
janajati
ll
n. ethnic group, nationality
janajivan
l4
n. public life, public living
janakari
l4ll
n. knowledge, information
janapakshiya
ll4
adj. related to the people
janapravad
4l
n. hearsay, rumour, common
talk
jana-sahabhagita
lll
n. popular participation
janasamaksha
l
comp. in public
janasankhya
4l
n. population
janashruti
l
n. rumour, hearsay, common
talk
janasvasthya
4l4
n. public health
janata
l
n. people, public, mass,
mankind
janatantravad
4l
n. democracy
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janatantrik
l4
adj. democratic, democratical
janavad
4l
n. a political principle in which
the supreme administrator
must be elected by
common people
janavar
l4
n. animal, beast
janc
l
n. exam, test
jancnu
l
v.t. to test, to examine
jand
l
n. beer
jangal jamaune kam
l 4l
n. afforestation,
reafforestation
jangal tayar parne
4l l
n. afforestation,
reafforestation
jangali
7l
adj. savage, wild, beastly
janieko
ll]4l
adj. known
janjal
l
n. worldly domestic affairs,
family, wife and children
janma

n. birth, life, nativity,
production
janmabhumi
l
n. birthplace
janmadar

n. birth rate
janmadata
ll
n. father, progenitor, producer
janmanu

v.i. to be born
janmat

n. public opinion
janmathalo
"l
n. birth-place, place where
born
janmaunu
l
v.t. to give birth to
janmeko
4l
adj. born
jannu
l
v.t. to know, to understand
jantantra

n. people's democracy
janto
ll
n. handmill for grinding corn
etc.
janu
l
v.i. to go
japan
ll
n. Japan
japnu

v.t. to mutter prayers, to repeat
mantra or prayer, to tell
beads
jarayo
l4l
n. a kind of deer
jari
ll
adj. proceeding, continued,
current, in force
60
jarimana
lll
n. fine, punishment, money
penalty
jarivana
l4ll
n. fine, punishment, money
penalty
jaruri
l
adj. urgent, immediate
jasta
l
n. tin
jastai

conj. as for example, i.e., like
jasto
l
conj. as for example, i.e., like
jasto dekhincha
l lR3
comp. it looks like
jasto sunincha
l l3
comp. it sounds like
jat
l
n. class, caste, kind, sort
jati
l
adv. that much, about
jativacak nam
ll4l4 l
n. generic term
jatiya
ll4
adj. national, pertaining to the
nation
jatpat
ll
n. caste system
jau
l
n. barley
javab
4ld
n. answer
javan
4l
n. young man, youth
javaph
4l
n. answer
javaphdehi
4ll
n. responsibility,
accountability, obligation
jaya
4
n. victory, conquest, triumph,
gain, profit
jayaprakash malla
44l
n. Jayaprakash Malla [the last
Malla king of Kathmandu]
jehandar
l
adj. intelligent, wise
jel

n. jail, prison
jeth

n. second month of the Nepali
year [May-June]
jethaju
l
n. husband's elder brother
jethan
l
n. elder brother' wife
jethani didi
ll ll
n. husband's elder brother's
wife
jethi sasu
l l
n. wife's elder sister
jetho
l
n. eldest [of brothers]
jhagada
Rl
n. quarrel, dispute, squabble
jhalkanu
R4
v.i. to mshine, to glitter, to
glisten
61
jhalmal
R
adj. bright, resplendent, brilliant
jhamtanu
R
v.t. to spring upon, to assault
jhan
R
adv. more
jhan jhan
R R
more and more
jhanda
R"l
n. flag, banner
jhangad
Rl
n. Jhangad [a Nepalese
nationality]
jhantnu
Rl
v.t. to thresh (paddy), to rebuke
jharnu
R
v.i. to fall, to descend, to go
down
jhaskanu
R4
v.i. to be startled, to get
frightened all of a sudden,
to feel sudden alarm
jhiknu
lR4
v.t. to take out, to take off
jhinge macha
lR l3l
n. shrimp
jhingo
Rl
n. fly, housefly
jhol
Rl
n. broth, soup
jhuknu
R4
v.i. to bow down, to stoop
jhunda
R"l
n. group, assembly, bond
jhutho
Rl
adj. untrue, false
jhuto
Rl
adj. untrue, false
jhyal
R4l
n. window
jhyalkhana
R4lRll
n. jail, prison
jibro
ldl
n. tongue
jilla
ll
n. district
jilla pramukh adhikari
ll R lu4ll
n. Chief District Officer, CDO
jilla vikas samiti
ll l44l ll
n. District Development
Committee, DDC
jimma
ll
n. responsibility, care, custody
jimmevari
l4ll
n. responsibility
jindagi
ll
n. life
jira
ll
n. cumin
jirel
l
n. Jirel [a Nepalese
nationality]
jit
l
n. victory, triumph, success
jitnu
l
to win
jiu
l
n. body, person, frame
jiundo
ll
adj. living, alive, lively
62
jiunu
l
v.i. to live
jivajantu
l4
n. living being, animal
jivan
l4
n. life, existence, animation
jivani
l4l
n. life-story, biography
jivanshaili
l4l
n. way of life, habits, lifestyle
jivjantu
l4
n. animal, living being
joban
ld
n. youth, puberty, flower of
youth
jod
l
n. power, strength; join,
addition, total, the sum total
jodi
ll
n. couple
jodnu
l
v.t. to add, to join
joi
lt
n. wife [rural]
jokhnu
l
v.t. to weigh
jotnu
l
v.t. to plow, to harness
juhar
l
n. jewel, jewellery, gem
juka
4l
n. leeches, tapeworms
juktanu

v.i. to be forthcoming, to be
collected, to be united, to
be entangled
julus

n. procession, marching
jumra
l
n. lice
jun

n. moon
jun

pron. which, whichever
junaph
l
n. presence
junar
l
n. orange
junelo
l
n. large millet
junga
l
n. moustache
junkiri
4ll
n. firefly
junsukai
4
pron. whichever, whatsoever
juramuraunu
l
v.i. to be active, to be alert
jut

adj. group, party
jutaunu
l
v.t. to collect, to gather
juthyaunu
l
v.t. to get dirty, so soil
jutnu

v.i. to be collected, to be united
63
jutta
l
n. shoe, slipper, boot
juva
4l
n. game, gamble
juva khelnu
4l R
to gamble
jvain
4lt
n. daughter's husband, son-
in-law
jyada
4ll
adj. too much, in excess,
excessive
jyadai
4l
adj. extremely
jyestha
4
n. second month of the Nepali
year (May-June)
jyotirvidya
4lll4
n. astronomy, astrology
jyotis
4lll
n. astronomy, astrology
jyotisi
4llll
n. astrologer, astronomer
kabja
4l
n. possession, occupation
kacauro
4ll
n. cup
kachuva
434l
n. turtle, tortoise
kacinggal
4l
n. quarrel
kada
4l
adj. hard, harsh, cruel, unkind
kadam
4
n. step, footstep
kadar
4
n. respect, value, appreciation
kag
4l
n. crow, raven
kagati
4ll
n. lime
kahalaunu
4l
v.i. to be called, to be famous
kahan
4l
pron. where? in what place?
kahan pani
4l l
adv. nowhere, not anywhere
kahani
4ll
n. saying, proverb, story
kahile
4l
pron. when? at what time?
kahile kahin
4l 4l
adv. sometimes, from time to
time
kahin
4l
adv. wherever
kahin kahin
4l 4l
adv. at some places, in many a
place
kahinlo
4lll
n. fourth eldest [of brothers]
kaid
4
n. imprisonment, jail
kaid garnu
4
v.t. to arrest
kaidi
4l
n. prisoner, captive, convict
kaidkhana
4Rll
n. prison, jail
64
kailo
4l
adj. light-brown [hair]
kainyo
4lt4l
n. comb
kaiphat
4
n. statement, remark,
description
kaiphiyat
4l4
n. statement, remark,
description
kaiyaun
44l
adj. innumerable, many, several
kaiyun
44
adj. innumerable, many, several
kaj
4l
n. work, duty, job, occupation
kaju
4l
n. cashew nut
kaka
4l4l
n. father's brother
kakh
4lR
n. position formed while sitting
cross-legged on the floor,
side of the body above the
hip, lap
kakhi
4lRl
n. arm-pit
kaki
4l4l
n. father's brother's wife
kakrinu
4l
v.i. to become stiff by cold, to
be numbed
kakryaunu
4l
v.t. to make numbed
kal
4l
n. time, period, era, age,
season, death
kala
4l
n. art, craft, technics
kalaha
4
n. quarrel, scramble, dispute,
fray
kalakar
4l4l
n. artist, technician
kalakaushal
4l4l
n. state of being skilful
kale
4l
n. a dark skinned human
being
kaleji
4l
adj. dark-red
kalejo
4l
n. liver
kaligad
4ll
n. artisan
kalij
4ll
n. pheasant
kalilo
4ll
adj. ender, soft, delicate, young
kalo
4ll
adj. black
kalo dal
4ll l
n. black lentils
kalo mas
4ll l
n. black lentils
kalpa
4
n. era
kalpana
4l
n. imagination, fiction,
65
supposition, assumption
kalpanashakti
4ll
n. powers of imagination
kalyan
44l"l
n. welfare, good
kalyanakari
44l"l4ll
adj. propitious, auspicious,
beneficial, good
kam
4l
n. work, duty, job, occupation
kam
4
adj. little, less, small
kam garnu
4l
v.t. to work
kamai
4lt
n. income, returns, mode of
earning
kamaunu
4l
v.t. to earn, to acquire wealth,
to cultivate
kamdar
4ll
n. worker, labourer, porter,
helper
kamej
4
n. shirt
kamero
4l
n. white clay used in painting
walls
kamilo
4ll
n. ant
kamjori
4ll
n. weakness, debility,
deficiency
kamkaj
4l4l
n. business, occupation, work
kammal
4
n. blanket
kammar
4
n. waist
kamnu
4l
v.i. to tremble, to shiver
kamta
4l
adj. less, insufficient, short
kamti
4l
adj. less, insufficient, short
kan
4l
n. ear
kancat
4
n. temple
kanchi
4l3l
n. last born female child, nice
young girl
kancho
4l3l
n. youngest [of brothers]
kanco
4ll
adj. raw, unripe, immature
kand
4l"
n. chapter, branch, incident
kandha
4lu
shoulder
kandhinu
4llu
v.i. to be fatt [with eating]
kando
4ll
n. thorn
kanggal
47l
adj. poor, penniless, penurious
kanka loti
4l4l ll
n. ear lobes
66
kankro
4ll
n. cucumber
kano
4ll
adj. blind in one eye, one-eyed
kanparo
4ll
n. temple
kanso
4ll
n. bronze
kanta
4ll
n. fork
kantipur
4ll
Kantipur [an old name for
Kathmandu]
kanun
4l
n. law, regulation
kanun bamojit
4l dll
according to the law, in
conformity with the law
kapada
4l
n. cloth, clothing, apparel,
wear
kapal
4l
n. hair of the head, head
kapal kornu
4l 4l
v.t. to comb the hair
kapal nuhaunu
4l l
v.t. rinse hair
kaphal
4l
n. a fruit like strawberry but
with a hard pit
kaphi
4l
n. coffee
kapnu
4
v.t. to carve, to chisel
kar
4l
n. car
kar
4
n. tax
kara
4ll
n. imprisonment, confinement
karadanda
4ll"
n. prison sentence
karagar
4lll
n. prison, jail
karagriha
4ll
n. prison, jail
karai
4lt
n. cooking pot [with a wide
mouth]
karamat
4l
n. miracle
karan
4l"l
n. cause, motive, purpose,
reason, occasion, origin
karaunu
4l
v.i. to shout
karavas
4ll4l
n. prison sentence
kardata
4ll
n. tributory, tax-paying, tax-
payer
karelo
4l
n. a bitter vegetable, bitter
gourd
karib
4ld
adv. almost, aproximately
karigar
4ll
n. artisan
karkhana
4lRll
n. workshop, factory,
67
manufactory
karma
4
n. deed, act, work
karmacari
4lll
n. employee, officer
karod
4l
num. crore, 10 million,
10.000.000
kartavya
44
n. duty, task
kartik
4ll4
n. seventh month of the
Nepali year (October-
November)
karuva
44l
n. brass pot with a spout
karya
4l4
n. action, act, duty,
occupation, profession,
function, role
karya samiti
4l4 ll
n. working committee
karyakarini
4l44ll"ll
adj. executive
karyakram
4l4
n. programme, schedule
karyalaya
4l4l4
n. workshop, office
karyanvayan
4l4l44
n. execution, implementation
karyapalika
4l4ll4l
n. executive
karyashala
4l4ll
n. workshop
kasari
4l
pron. how? in what way?
kasaundi
4ll
n. cooking pot [with a narrow
mouth]
kasle lagyo?
4 l4l
comp. who has taken it?
kasnu
4
v.t. to tighten, to pull firmly
kast
4
n. pain, distress, trouble,
hardship
kasturi
4l
n. muskdeer
katahar
4
n. jack fruit
kataunu
4l
v.t. to cause to be cut, to cause
to be beheaded
katauro
4ll
n. cup
katha
4"l
n. story, tale, fable, narrative
katha halnu
4"l l
comp. to tell a story
kathan
4"
n. utterance, narration,
statement
kathin
4l
adj. difficult, hard, arduous, not
easy
kathinai
4llt
n. difficulty
kathit
4l"
adj. said, narrated, told
68
kathor
4l
adj. hard, harsh, rigid, unkind,
cruel
kati
4l
pron. how much? how many?
kati baje ?
4l d
comp. at which time?
kati bajyo?
4l d4l
comp. what's the time?
kati bhayo?
4l 4l
comp. how much is it?
katima?
4ll
comp. for how much?
katinu
4ll
v.i. to be cut
katipaya
4l4
adj. some, few
katnu
4l
v.t. to cut, to chop, to cancel
kattar
4
adj. diehard, orthodox
kauli
4ll
n. cauliflower
kavi
4l4
n. poet
kavita
4l4l
n. poem
kayam
4l4
adj. fixed, settled, firm, steady
kayam garnu
4l4
comp. to fix a date
ke
4
pron. what?
kehi
4l
adj. something
kehi kurako anurodh
garnu
4l 4l4l lu
comp. to ask for, to request
kehi kurako mato
milnu
4l 4l4l l l
comp. to agree upon, to arrange
kehi kurama anurodh
garnu
4l 4ll lu
comp. to ask for, to request
kehi kurama mato
milnu
4l 4ll l l
comp. to agree upon, to arrange
kelaunu
4l
v.t. to sift, to remove impurities
kendrit
4l
adj. centered
kera
4l
n. banana
kerau
4l
n. pea
kesari
4l
adj. saffron-coloured
kesh
4
n. hair of the head
ketaketima
4l4ll
comp. in childhood
keti
4l
n. girl
keto
4l
n. boy
keval
44
adv. only, mere, all, whole
69
khabar
Rd
n. message
khabarkagat
Rd4l
n. newspaper
khacar
R
n. mule
khada
Rl
adj. erect, upright
khadkundo
R4 l
n. a very large cooking vessel
with rings on two sides to
hold
khadukunlo
R4 l
n. a very large cooking vessel
with rings on two sides to
hold
khadyanna
Rll
n. food grains
khagat
Rl
n. paper
khairo
Rl
adj. brown
khaja
Rll
n. snack
khajasaja
Rllll
n. snack
khajur
R
n. date
khala
Rll
n. the outer layer of skin
khaldo
Rll
n. valley, ditch, trench, pit,
hole
khali
Rll
adj. only, mere, merely, alone
khamba
Rdl
n. pillar, pole, post
khanaunu
Rl
v.t. to cause to be dug
khanci
Rll
n. Khanchi [one of the former
mini stets of western Nepal]
khanco
Rll
n. requirement, need,
necessity
khand
R"
n. part, section, chapter,
division, piece, canto
khandan
R"
n. refutation, rebuttal,
repudiation, denial
khandit
Rl"
adj. broken into pieces, split
khanekura
Rl 4l
n. food
khani
Rll
n. mine
khanij
Rl
n. minerals
khanij padartha
Rl l"
n. mineral product
khaninu
Rl
v.i. to be poured out
khannu
R
v.t. to dig
khanu
Rl
v.t. to eat
khanyaunu
R4l
v.t. to pour out
70
khapat
R
n. consumption, sale, demand
khappar
R
n. skull
kharab
Rld
adj. bad, wicked, spoiled,
naughty
kharab
Rd
num. 100 billion,
1.00.00.00.00.000
kharani
Rll
ashes, ash-coloured
kharau
Rl
n. wooden sandal, wooden
slipper
kharaunu
Rl
v.t. to fry hard, to overparch
kharayo
Rl4l
n. hare
kharca
R
n. expense, expenditure,
disbursement, oulay
kharidnu
Rl
v.t. to buy, to purchase
kharij
Rll
adj. dismissed, rejected,
discharged
khas
Rl
adj. real, true, particular, proper
khasaunu
Rl
v.t. to cause to fall
khasi
Rl
n. castrated he-goat
khasnu
R
v.i. to fall, to die
khasro
Rl
adj. rough, coarse, frank
khat
Rl
n. bed stead
khatam
R
n. end, finish, conclusion,
death
khednu
R
v.t. to chase
khel
R
n. play, game
kheladi
Rll
n. player
khelaunu
Rl
v.t. to cause to play
khelnu
R
v.t. to play, to act
kher
R
n. time, length of time,
destruction, loss, waste
kheri
Rl
postp. during
kheti
Rl
n. agriculture, cultivation
kheti garnu
Rl
v.t. to till the ground, to carry
out agriculture
khetikamai
Rl4lt
n. agricultural income
kheti-pati
Rlll
n. agriculture, cultivation
khicadi
lRl
n. a mixture of rice and lentils
cooked together
71
khicalo
lRl
n. interference, meddling;
disturbance, quarrel,
turmoil
khicolo
lRll
n. meddling, quarrel,
interference
khir
Rl
n. rice pudding
khoi
Rlt
pron. where (is it) ?
khoj
Rl
n. search, quest, pursuit
khoji
Rll
n. inquiry
khojkhabar
RlRd
n. trace, quest, search,
enquiry
khojnu
Rl
v.t. to search
kholnu
Rl
v.i./v.t. to open, to unfasten, to
explain, to annotate
kholo
Rll
n. small river
khopo
Rll
n. a small hole in the wall for
keeping things
khoriya
Rll4l
n. uncultivated land, nature
reserve
khorsani
Rlll
n. chilli, hot pepper
khosuva
Rl4l
n. thieve, one who snatches
khudkila
Rl4l
n. steps
khukuri
R4l
n. a Nepalesed curved knife
khumcinu
Rl
v.i. to shrink
khunda
R l
n. a kind of sword, a kind of
scimitar
khushi
Rl
pleasure, delight,
cheerfulness, glad, happy
khusi
Rl
adj. happy
khutrukka
R44
n. the sound produced by little
articles when dropped
khutto
Rl
n. leg
khuvaunu
R4l
v.t. to feed
ki
l4
conj. or, either; word to denote
interrogation or doubt
kilakile
l4l4
n. uvula
kimbu
l4d
n. mulberry
kina
l4
pron. why?
kinabhane
l4
conj. because
kinamel garnu
l4
v.t. to go shopping, to buy
72
kinnu
l4
v.t. to buy
kintu
l4
conj. but, only, without
kinvadanti
l44l
n. rumour, hearsay, false
report, popular talk, vague
talk, tradition
kira
4ll
n. worm
kiraya
l4l4l
n. hire, rent
kiro
4ll
n. insect, worm
kirtiman
4lll
adj. renowned, famous,
celebrated
kisam
l4
n. kind, sort, class, species
kisan
l4l
n. farmer, peasant
kisim
l4l
n. kind, sort, class, species
kismis
l4l
n. raisins
kisti
l4l
n. tray
kitli
l4l
n. kettle
kitnu
l4
v.t. to grind teeth, to gnash, to
decide, to fix, to specify, to
resolve
kodali
4lll
n. spade (with short handle)
kodalo
4lll
n. spade (with long handle)
kodo
4ll
n. a kind of millet
kohi
4ll
adj. anybody, anyone, someone
koila
4ltl
n. coal
koili
4ltl
n. cuckoo
kop
4l
n. anger, wrath
kop-bhajan
4ll
n. victim of anger
kopila
4lll
n. bud
koriya
4ll4l
n. Korea
kornu
4l
v.t. to scratch
kos
4l
n. a measure of length
(distance of about 2 miles)
koshish
4ll
n. endeavour, attempt,
exertion, effort
koshish garnu
4ll
v.t. to try
kot
4l
n. coat
kotha
4ll
n. room
kotparva
4l4
n. (a histsorical event: Jang
73
Bahadur's coup of 1846
that brought the Rana
family into power)
kotparva pashcat
4l4 l
after the coup of 1846
kotyaunu
4ll
v.t. to prick, to scratch
kram

n. series, chain, order,
method
kramashah
:
adj. step by step, by degree,
serially, successively
krambodhak
dlu4
n. ordinal number
kramjor
l
adj. weak, ineffective
kranti
ll
n. revolution, pace,
movement, declination,
invading, surpassing
krishna paksha
4"l l
comp. dark fortnight, the phase of
the waning moon
krisi
4ll
n. agriculture
krisi utpadan
4ll l
n. agricultural production
kritagya
4
adj. thankful, grateful
kriyakalap
l4l4l
n. functions, rites, ceremonies
kriyapad
l4l
n. verb
kriyayogi
l4l4ll
n. adverb
kshamata
ll
n. ability, capacity, might,
power
kshetra
l
n. file, plot of land, area
kshetraphal
l
n. products of the land, field
crops, area
kucakra
4
n. intrigue, a secret plot
kuco
4l
n. broom
kucyaunu
44l
v.t. to crush
kudnu
4
v.i. to run
kuhino
4ll
n. elbow
kuhuno
4l
n. elbow
kuhunu
4
v.i. to rot
kukhurako bhale
4Rl4l l
n. cock, rooster
kukhurako pothi
4Rl4l l"l
n. hen
kukhuri
4Rl
n. hen
kukhuro
4Rl
n. chicken
kukur
44
n. dog
74
kul
4
n. race, generation, family,
clan, dynasty, parentage
kumari
4ll
n. princess, unmarried women
kun
4
adj. which, what
kuncahin
4ll
adj. which one?
kund
4"
n. pond, tank
kundnu
4
v.t. to hew, to carve
kunni
4l
adv. I don't know, perhaps,
maybe
kuposan
4ll"l
n. malnutrition
kura
4l
n. word, matter, affair, talk
kurakani
4l4ll
n. conversation, talk, chat
kurauni
4ll
n. milk boiled down till nearly
solid
kurnu
4
v.t. to wait,to attend
kursi
4l
n. chair
kushal
4
n./adj. happiness, wellbeing;
skilful, proficient, expert
kushasan
4l
n. bad government,
maladministration
kusti
4l
n. wrestling
kusti khelnu
4l R
to wrestle
kutapita
4l
n. beating, exchange of blows
kutnaitik kshetra
4l4 l
n. strategical area
kutnu
4
v.t. to beat, to hit
kuva
44l
n. well
kvartj
44l
n. quartz
kyare
44l
I suppose
labh
l
n. value, profit, gain, earning,
advantage
lacar
ll
adj. unable, helpless, obliged
ladain
lt
n. war, battle, fighting, strife
ladnu

v.i./v.t. to fight, to struggle, to fall
down
lagabhaga

adv. about, nearly,
approximately, almost
lagaeko
l]4l
adj. used
lagani
ll
n. investment
lagaunu
l
v.t. to use, to put on, to wear,
75
to set up, to cause to work
lagayat
l4
postp. including, together with
laghukatha
4"l
n. short story
laghu-katha
4"l
n. short story
lagnu
l
v.i. to appear, to begin, to start,
to join
lagu
l
adj. intoxicating, exciting
lahad

n. entertainment, diversion of
mind, amusement, joke
lahad aunu
l
to wish
lahar

n. ripple, small wave, surge,
undulation
lahari
ll
n. ripple, small wave, surge,
undulation
laihernu
lt
v.t. to try on [clothes]
laijanu
l
v.t. to carry, to take away
laj
l
n. shame, shyness, modesty
lajja
l
n. shame, shyness,
dishonour, ignominy,
scandal, disgrace
lakh
lR
num. one hundred thousand,
1.00.000
lakkhan
4R
adj. one hundred thousand,
1.00.000
laksha
l
adj. one hundred thousand,
1.00.000
lakshmiprasad
devkota
lll 44ll
n. Lakshmi Prasad Devkota [a
famous Nepali poet]
lakshya
4
n. aim, target, goal
lalitpur
l
n. Lalitpur, Patan [a
neighbouring town of
Kathmandu]
lam
l
n. a long line, a queue
lamai
lt
n. length
lamba
dl
adj. long
lamkanu
4
v.i. to walk with long steps, to
stride
lamkhutte
lR
n. mosquito
lamo
ll
adj. long
lampasar
l
adj. prostrate, stretched out
lamtann

adj. prostrate, stretched out
76
lanchana
l3l
n. stigma, blame, slander
lanu
l
v.t. to take away, to remove
lapakka
44
adv. adhering, attaching,
stricking
lapsi
l
n. a kind of sour fruit
larbarinu
dl
v.i. to reel, to stagger, to sway
lash
l
n. carcass, dead body
lasun

n. garlic
latanpatan

n. deceit, fraud
lataramma

adj. in bunches, in clusters
lato
ll
adj. dumb
latti
ll
n. kick
launu
l
v.t. to put on (clothes), to ware
lauro
ll
n. stick
lek
4
n. hilly region, the higher
slope of a mountain
lekha
R
n. prose composition, writing,
essay, article
lekhak
R4
n. author, writer
lekhinu
lR
v.i. to be written
lekhnath paudyal
Rl" ll
n. Lekh Nath Paudyal [a
famous Nepali poet]
lekhpadh
R
n. reading and writing, study
leninvad
l4l
n. Leninism
licchavi
l3l4
n. Licchavi [an early ruling
dynasty of the Kathmandu
valley]
licchavikal
l3l44l
n. Licchavi era
ligalige
ll
n. uvula
likhat
lR
adj. written
likhit
llR
adj. written
lila
ll
n. a play, amusement,
diversion
lilam
l
n. auction
limbu
ld
n. Limbu [a Nepali nationality]
ling
l7
n. gender [gram.]
linu
l
v.t. to take, to acquire, to
accept
lipi
ll
n. script, writing, handwriting
77
lobh
l
n. greed, covetousness,
temptation
lobhi
ll
adj. greedy, stingy, covetous
logne
l
n. husband [common]
lognemanche
ll3
n. man, male person
lognemanis
lll
n. man, male person
lohota
lll
n. a small metal water-pot
lok
l4
n. world, the three worlds
[heaven, earth, hell],
people
loktantra
l4
n. democracy
luga
l
n. clothes, clothing
luga dhunu
l u
v.t. wash clothes
luga lagaunu
l l
v.t. put on clothes
luga launu
l l
v.t. put on clothes
luga phernu
l
v.t. change clothes
luga phukalnu
l 4l
v.t. take off clothes
luga phukaunu
l 4l
v.t. take off clothes
luknu
4
v.i. to hide
lvang
4ls
n. clove
lyaunu
4l
v.t. to bring, to fetch
ma
l
postp. in, at, on, among
macan
l
n. stage
maccinu
l
v.i. to swing
macha
l3l
n. fish
macha marnu
l3l l
v.t. to fish
madat dinu
l
v.t. to help, to assist
madhes
u
n. the Tarai (the southern flat
land along the Indian
border)
madhya-din
4 l
n. noon
madhyakalin
44ll
adj. mediaeval
madhyam
l4
n. medium
madhyamik yug
l4l4 4
n. middle ages
madhyanha
4l
n. noon
madhyarat
4l
n. midnight
78
madhyavadhi nirvacan
4l4lu l4l
n. mid-term elections
madhye
4
postp. amongin the middle, at the
centre, in between, within,
inside
mag
l
n. demand, claim
magaj

n. brain
magar

n. Magar [a Nepali nationality]
magh
l
n. tenth month of the Nepali
year [January/February]
magne
l
n. beggar
magnu
l
v.t. to ask for
maha

n. honey
mahadhiveshan
llu4
n. general assembly, general
meeting
mahajan
l
n. moneylender, rich man,
virtuous man
mahakavi
l4l4
n. great poet [a title for
Bhanubhakta Acharya]
mahal

n. palace
mahango
l
adj. expensive
mahasul

n. cess, tax, rate, custom,
octroi
mahasus

n./adj. feeling, experience,
understanding
mahatta
l
n. greatness, magnitude,
gravity, glory, importance
mahattva
4
n. greatness, magnitude,
gravity, glory, importance
mahattvakanksha
44lll
n. high ambition, great desire
mahattvakankshi
44lll
adj. ambitious
mahattvapurna
4"l
adj. superb, royal, regal, palmy,
magnanimous, generous
mahila
ll
n. woman
mahilo
lll
n. second eldest [of brothers]
mahima
ll
n. exaltation
mahina
ll
n. month
mahina
ll
n. month
maida
l
n. fine flour
maidan
l
n. an open field
maiju
lt
n. mother's brother's wife
79
mailo
l
adj. dirty
mailo
ltl
n. second eldest [of brothers]
main batti
dl
n. candle
maina
l
n. a name applied to several
different sturnoid passerine
birds of India and countries
further east, belonging to
the genera Acridotheres
and Eulabes
maiyan
4l
n. princess; a word used
affectionately for
addressing a daughter
maja
l
n. happiness, enjoyment,
rejoicing
majako
l4l
adj. pleased, funny
majha
lR
n. middle, centre
majhi
lRl
n. Majhi [a Nepali nationality]
majhnu
lR
v.t. to clean
makai
4
n. corn, maize
makal
4
n. a small moveable
earthenware stove used for
heating
malai man parcha
lt 3
comp. I like
malai man pardaina
lt
comp. I don't like
malai thah chaina
lt "ll 3
comp. I don't know
malesiya
l4l
n. Malaysia
malilo
ll
adj. fertile, manured
maltal
ll
n. article, goods
mama
ll
n. mother's brother
man

n. mind, thought, mental
state, heart, feeling
man aunu
l
to long, to wish
manadeva
l 4
n. Manadeva [name of
several kings of the
Licchavi era]
manahi
ll
n. prohibition, control
manai
lt
n. prohibition, control
mananiya
ll4
adj. honorable, respectable,
venerable
manasib
lld
adj. right, just, proper,
reasonable, fit
80
manaunu
l
v.t. to celebrate
manav
l4
n. mankind, man, human
being
manavshastra
l4l
n. anthropology
manbodhak
ldlu4
adj. honorific [grammar]
manc

n. dais, raised platform, stage
mancari
l
n. cluster of buds and flowers,
flower bud
manche
l3
n. man, person
mandro
ll
n. large bamboo or cane mat
mangal

n. the planet Mars
mangalvar
4l
n. Tuesday
mangga
l
n. demand, requirement,
requisition
manglavar
4l
n. Tuesday
mangoliya
ll4l
Mongolei
mangsir
l
n. eighth month of the Nepali
year [November/December]
mani
ll
adj. respectable, respectful
manis
ll
n. man, person
mannu
l
v.t. to respect, to worship, to
accept, to observe
manoranjan
l
n. amusement, entertainment,
recreation
manovigyan
ll4l
n. psychology
manovigyanik
ll4ll4
adj. psychological
manparaunu
l
v.t. to like, to approve, to prefer
mansthiti
l"l
n. mental state
mantavya
4
n. view, opinion, remark, note,
comment
mantralaya
l4
n. ministery
mantri
l
n. minister
manyata
l4l
n. recognition, validity,
accredition
mapdanda
l"
n. touchstone, standard
maramar
lll
n. fight
marathi
ll
n. Marathi
marg
l
n. eighth month of the Nepali
year [November/December]
81
maric
l
n. black pepper
marka
4l
n. loss, harm, damage
marnu
l
v.t. to kill, to slaughter
masala
l
n. spices
masauda
ll
n. draft, rough copy
masi
l
n. ink
masino
ll
adj. fine, thin, mild, gentle,
delicate
mast

adj. drunk, intoxicated
mastira
ll
n./adv. above, up
masu
l
n. meat
mat

n. vote, opinion, voice,
dogma, belief
matabhed

n. difference of opinion
matako
ll4l
adj. earthen
matganana
"ll
n. counting of votes
mathi
ll"
postp. above
mathlo tala
ll l
n. upper floor
matnu
l
v.i. to get drunk
mato
l
n. consultation, counsel,
opinion
mato
ll
n. earth, clay, soil
matoko sarvekshan
ll4l 4l"l
n. soil survey
matribhakta
l
n. a devotee of one's mother
matribhasa
llll
n. mother tongue
matriprem
l
n. mother love
maulik
ll4
adj. original
mauna
l
n. silence, taciturnity, mum
mauri
ll
n. bee, honeybee
mausam
l
n. weather, season, monsoon
mausimi
lll
adj. seasonal
mausuph
l
pron. personal address towards
the king [royal honorific
pronoun]
maya
l4l
n. love
maya garnu
l4l
v.t. to love
mece

n. Meche [a Nepali nationality]
82
meghalaya
l4
n. Meghalaya [a Northeast
Indian state]
mehanat

n. industry, labour, hard work
mehel

n. a fruit
mel

n. meeting, unity, concord,
harmony, intimacy,
friendship, union, alliance
meva
4l
n. melon
midiya
ll4l
n. media
mihi
ll
adj. fine, fine spun, finely
pulverized; soft, tender,
smooth
mihinet
ll
n. labour, industry, work, toil
mihineti
lll
adj. industrious, hardworking,
busy, active
milaunu
ll
v.t. to reconcile, to resolve, to
arbitrate, to bring about an
agreement, to cause to
join, to mix, to adjust, to
solve, to balance
milnu
l
v.i. to agree, to fit in, to mingle
to mix up, to befit
mirg
l
n. deer
misaunu
ll
v.t. to mingle, to mix up
together
misri
ll
n. sugar candy, rockcandy
mit
l
n. friend (ritually concluded)
mit lagaunu
l l
v.t. to make friends (ritually)
mithai
llt
n. sweets
mitho
ll
adj. delicious, tasteful, tasty
miti
ll
n. date, day, limit, time
mohani
ll
n. charm, enchantment
mohi
ll
n. buttermilk
mohi parnu
ll l
v.t. to make buttermilk
moja
ll
n. socks, stocking, hose
moren
l
n. moraine
mosam
l
n. orange
motamoti
lll l
adj. near about, approximately
motar
l
n. car
motar haknu
l l4
v.t. to drive a car
83
motaunu
ll
v.i. to get fat
moto
ll
adj. fat
mrig

n. deer
mrityu
4
n. death
mrityuko danda
44l "
n. death penalty
mudda
l
n. law-suite, case
mudki
4l
n. blow of a fist
mudra
l
n. seal, coin, gesture
mudrak
4
n. printer
mudrakshar
ll
n. printing type
mudralaya
l4
n. press, printing place
mudran
"l
n. act of printing
muhan
l
n. source of a river or an
irrigation canal
muhar
l
n. facade
muhurta

n. a division of time (48
minutes), auspicious
moment, a moment, a
while, a very short time
mukam
4l
n. halting place, halt, dwelling,
place of residence,
camping place
mukh
R
n. mouth, face
mukh dhunu
R u
v.t. wash and clean the face
mukhyat
4
adv. chiefly, mainly, principally,
primarily
mukta

adj. liberated, released
mukta garnu

v.t. to free
mul

n. root, source, origin
mula
l
n. radish
mulak
4
postp. based on, depending on,
growing from, emanating
from, originating from
mulatah
:
adv. basically, fundamentally,
primarily, essentially
mulayat
l4
adj. soft
mulsadak
4
n. main road
muluk
4
n. country, realm, kingdom
mulvasi
4ll
n. native, original inhabitant
84
mulya
4
n. cost, price, worth, value
mulyangkan
4l7
n. valuation, estimation
muma
l
n. mother [used by upper
class only]
munal
l
n. a kind of bird from the
mountains
mung
s
n. a kind of Lentils, mung
bean
muni
l
postp. below, under
muntira
l
postp. downwards, below, under
musaldhare
4ul
adj. torrential, heavy
muskaunu
4l
v.i. to smile
muskuraunu
4l
v.t. to smile
muso
l
n. mouse, rat
musoko dulo
l4l l
n. mousehole
musuro
l
n. a kind of lentils
muthi
l
n. fist
mutu

n. heart
mvain
4lt
n. kiss
mvain khanu
4lt Rl
to kiss
myaun garnu
4l
v.t. to mew
na

conj. neither, nor
nabbe
d
num. ninety, 90
nac
l
n. dance
nacnu
l
v.i. to dance
nadi
l
n. river
nagar

n. town, city
nagarik
ll4
adj. civil, urban, metropolitan
nagarik shastra
ll4 l
n. civics, civic studies
nagarpalika
ll4l
n. municipality, municipal
committee
nai

part. a particle used after the
word to give emphasis
nain
lt
interj. no, negation
naitikta
l4l
n. morals, morality, ethics
naito
ltl
n. navel
najar

n. eye, vision, sight, look,
glance
85
najarana
ll
n. gift, present
najarana
ll
n. gift, present, presentation
najayaj
ll4
adj. improper
najik
l4
adj. near, close to, next to
najitnu
l
v.t. not to win
nak
l4
n. nose
nakka pora
l44l ll
n. nostrils
nakkal
44
n. copy, fashion
naksha
4l
n. pattern, map, plan, chart
nalikhutto
lRl
n. shin-bone
nam
l
n. name, noun
namak
l4
adj. named, bearing the name
of
namasthanik
l"ll4
adj. independent from a noun
namdar
ll
adj. famous well known
namkaran
l4"l
n. naming ceremony, baptism
namkarma
l4
n. naming ceremony, baptism
nam-namasi
llll
n. name and address
namnishan
lll
adj. name, trace, mark; name
and address
namyogi
l4l l
n. postposition
nanda

n. husband's younger sister
nandebhai
lt
n. husband's younger sister's
husband
nang
s
n. nail
nangge
l7
adj. naked, uncovered
nanggo
l7l
adj. naked, uncovered
nani
ll
n. baby
napunsakling
4ls
n. neuter [grammar]
nara
ll
n. slogan, striking word,
phrase
naram

adj. soft, delicate, kind, gentle
naramro
ll
adj. bad, not good
nardan

n. neck
narendra

n. king
naresh

n. king
nari
ll
n. wrist, pulse
86
narival
l4
n. coconut
naso
l
n. vein
naspati
ll
n. pear
nata
ll
n. relationship, alliance
natadar
lll
n. relative
nati
ll
n. grandson
natija
ll
n. result, consequence
natini
lll
n. granddaughter
natishitosna
llll"l
adj. temperate, moderate
nau

num. nine, 9
naun
l
n. name
naun caleka
l 4l
adj. well known, famous
nauni
ll
n. butter
navaun
4l
adj. ninth
nayakatva
l444
n. leadership, hegemony
nayan
4l
adj. new
nebharo
ll
n. fig
nepalganj
l
n. Nepalganj [a town in the
western Tarai]
nera

adj. near, near by, close by, not
far
neri
l
adj. near, near by, close by, not
far
neta
l
n. leader, guide, chief
netritva
4
n. leadership, guidance, lead
nevar
4l
n. Newar [a Nepali nationality]
nibandha
ldu
n. article, essay, dissertation,
thesis, bond, fixation
nibhnu
l+
v.i. to go out, to be
extinguished
nibuva
ld4l
n. lemon
nico
ll
adj. low, inferior, mean,
worthless
nidaunu
ll
v.i. to go to sleep, to become
numb
nidhan
lul
n./adj. destruction, death, poor
nidhar
lul
n. forehead
nidho
lul
n. confirmation, settlement,
decision, final word,
87
resolution
nihsantan
l:l
adj. childless, without offspring
nihun
l
n. excuse, pretence, pretext
niji kshetra
ll l
n. private sector
nikai
l4
adj. much
nikat
l4
adj. near, near by, close by, not
far
nikaya
l4l4
n. body, system
niko
l4l
adj. cured, well
nilo
ll
adj. blue
nimitta
ll
n./postp. for, for the sake of, for the
cause of, cause, motive,
account, reason
nimnalikhit
lllR
adj. undermentioned, following,
mentioned below
nimti
ll
postp. for, for the sake of
ninda
ll
n. reflection, condemnation,
slander, calumny,
vilification, censure, blame
nindan
l
n. vilification
niptara
lll
n. disposal, settlement,
reconciliation, conclusion
nipun
l"l
adj. dexterous, skilful, clever
nir
l
adj. indigo
nira
l
adj. near, near by, close by, not
far
nirakaran
ll4"l
n. abrogation, annulment,
removal
nirakshar
ll
adj. illiterate
nirantar
l
adj. continuous, constant,
incessant, ceaseless
nirantarta
ll
n. continuity, continuation
niraparadh
llu
adj. innocent, faultless, guiltless
nirarthak
l"4
n. meaningless, vain, useless,
fruitless, insignificant,
worthless, futile
nirdaya
l4
adj. cruel, brutal, merciless,
unkind
nirdayata
l4l
n. cruelty, unkindness,
severity, brutality
nirdesh
l
n. instruction, order, indication
88
nirdeshak
l4
n. director (of an institute or
center)
nirdeshan
l
n. instruction, order, indication
nirman
ll"l
n. construction, creation,
manufacture, formation,
framing, act of building or
making
nirmata
lll
n. maker, producer,
manufacturer, builder,
creator
nirmit
ll
adj. made, formed, built,
created
nirnaya
l"l4
n. decision, resolution,
discernment,
ascertainment,
determination
nirogi
lll
adj. healthy, in good health, not
ill
nirvacan
l4l
n. election
nis
l
n. gneiss
nisedh bhumi
llu l
n. forbidden land
nishcal
l
adj. fixed, still, firm, motionless,
immovable
nishcaya
l4
n. sure knowledge, resolution,
determination, confidence
nishcit
ll
adj. sure, unfailing, without
doubt
nishcit
sankhyabodhak
ll 4ldlu4
n. definitive numeral
niskantak
l4"4
adj. thornless, free from
troubles
niskanu
l4
v.i. to come out, to appear
nisto
ll
adj. plain, bland
nitamba
ld
n. hip
niti
ll
n. policy, morality, manners
niun
l
n. pretext, excuse
nivaran
l4l"l
n. prevention, preclusion,
redress, deterrence,
determent
nivas
l4l
n. home, residence, abode,
dwelling
nivasi
l4ll
n. inhabitant, resident, inmate,
native
niyam
l4
n. rule, usage, regulation,
89
practice
niyantran
l4"l
n. control, restraint
niyati
l4l
n. fate, luck, fortune, destiny,
predestination
niyukta
l4
adj. appointed, wmployed,
posted
niyukti
l4l
n. appointment, employment
niyutta
l4
adj. appointed, engaged,
employed, devoted,
nominated, assigned
nokar
l4
n. servant
nuhaune kotha
l 4ll
n. bathroom
nuhaunu
l
v.t. take a bath
nun

n. salt
nunilo
ll
adj. salty
nyauri
4ll
n. mongoose
nyaya
4l4
n. justice, equity, logic, reason
nyayadhish
4l4lul
n. judge, justice
nyayadhish
4l4lul
n. judge, justice
nyayalaya
4l4l4
n. court of justice
nyayapalika
4l4ll4l
n. judiciary
nyuntam
4
adj. minimum, minimal
ochyan
l3l
n. bed, bedding,sleeping-mat,
quilt
ochyaunu
l3l
v.t. to spread bedding, to
spread a rug,to spread a
mat
odhan
lul
n. three-legged iron stand for
putting a cooking vessel
over a fire
odhaunu
ll
v.t. to cover up sombody else
odhne
l
n. blanket, bedcover, bedroll
odhnu
l
v.i./v.t. to cover oneself up; to
wrap, to cover
ogatnu
l
v.t. to occupy, to reserve, to
hinder
ohar dohar
l l
n. the act of coming and going
ohor dohor
ll ll
n. the act of coming and going
ohralnu
ll
v.t. to cause to descend
oilaunu
ltl
v.i. to wither, to fade
90
oilinu
ltl
v.t. to be withered
oiranu
lt
v.i. to drop, to fall headlong
oiraunu
ltl
v.t. to cause to drop, to cause
to fall [in large quantity]
oirini
ltl
v.i. to drop, to fall [in large
quantity]
oirinu
ltl
v.i. to flow continually
ojhel
lR
adj. hidden, screened off
okatnu
l4
v.t. to occupy, to reserve, to
hinder
okhar
lR
n. walnut
okhati
lRl
n. medicine
orlanu
l
v.i. to comedown, to descend
orlinu
ll
v.i. to comedown, to descend
osarinu
lll
v.i. to be moved from one
place to another
osarnu
ll
v.t. to move something from
one place to another
oth
l
n. lip, lips
pacadi
ll
postp. behind
pacas
l
num. fifty, 50
pacasi
ll
num. eighty-five, 85
pacchim
l3
n. west
paccis
l
num. twenty-five, 25
pachadi
3ll
postp. behind, later, in the back
pachattar

num. seventy-five, 75
pachaute
3l
adj. late, hinder, backward
pachi
l3
postp. behind, later, in the back
pachi hatnu
l3
v.i. to move back
pachi janu
l3 l
v.i. to follow
pachi sarnu
l3
v.i. to step back, to step down
pachillo
l3l
adj. last, hindermost, back, rear
pachipachi
l3l3
adv. immediately after, next
pacpanna

num. fifty-five, 55
pad

n. foot, step, foot-step, word
padadhikari
llu4ll
n. official, officer, authority
padartha
l"
n. meaning of a word, matter
91
padarthavacak nam
l"4l4 l
n. objective term
padavi
4l
n. title, designation; post, rank
padhai
lt
n. study, method of reading or
teaching
padhaunu
l
v.t. to teach
padhelekheka
R4l
adj. educated, able to read and
write
padhnu

v.t. to lear, to read, to study
padina
ll
n. mint
pagal
l
n. a mad man
pagalkhana
lRll
n. mad-house
pagalnu
l
v.t. to melt
paglanu

v.i. to melt
pahad
l
n. mountain, hill
pahadi pradesh
ll
n. hilly region
pahenlo
l
adj. yellow
pahican
ll
n. recognition, acquaintance,
identity
pahilo
ll
adj. first
pahiran
l
n. costume, suit, dress,
clothes, garments
pahuna
ll
n. visitor, guest
painsatthi
l
num. sixty-five, 65
paintalis
ll
num. forty-five, 45
paintis
l
num. thirty-five, 35
paitalo
ll
n. sole
pajani
l
n. arrangement, setting in
order, overhauling [the
annual festival during which
appointments of
government officials were
renewed for the ensuing
year]
pakaunu
4l
v.t. to cook
pakeko
l44l
adj. ripe, cooked, mature
paket
4
n. pocket
pakhala
Rll
n. diarrhoea
pakhalnu
Rl
v.t. to rinse
pakheta
Rl
n. wing
92
pakhura
lRl
n. arm
pakka
44l
adj. 1. certain, sure, true; durable,
strong; careful
pakka garnu
44l
v.t. to confirm to make sure
pakku
44
n. meat fried in butter
paknu
l4
v.i. to be ripe, to ripen, to be
cooked
pako
l4l
adj. aged, experienced
pakranu

v.t. to catch, to hold, to arrest,
to capture, to seize, to
catch on, to understand
pakrau
l
n. capture, arrest, seizure
paksha
l
n. wing, part, party
palnu
l
v.t. to take care of, to raise, to
bring up, to nourish, to
keep, to tame
palpa
ll
n. Palpa [former mini-state,
currently a district of Nepal]
paltan

n. regiment, batallion
palunggo
ll
n. spinach
pan
l
n. the leaf of the betal nut
eaten with areca nut and
lime
pana
ll
n. leaf (of a book)
panati
ll
n. great-grandson
panc
l
num. five, 5
panc patra
l
adj. fivefold
pancanabbe
ld
num. ninety-five, 95
pancangga
l7
n. almanac (of Hindu
astrology)
pancaun
ll
adj. fifth
pancayat
l4
n. village assembly to decide
disputes, an assembly of
elected representatives
panchaunu
3l
v.t. to evade, to push aside
pandhra
u
num. fifteen, 15
pani
l
adv. also, too, even
pani
ll
n. water, rain
pani ... pani
l l
adv. as well as
pani pareka vela
ll 4l 4l
comp. when it rains
93
pani parnu
ll
v.t. to rain
paniun
l
n. a flat spoon used for ladling
out rice
panjaa
l
n. a combination of five
fingers, gloves, covering of
the hands
panjika
l4l
n. register, list, calender
pankha
Rl
n. wing, feather; fan
pantha
"
n. path, sect, religious order
panthi
"l
n. traveller, sectarian
pap
l
n. sin
papi
ll
adj. sinful, profligate, criminal
par
l
n. end, other side, limit,
accomplishment,
renunciation, release, relief,
deliverance, liberation
para

adv. aside, separate, beyond,
further
paraghaun
ll
adv. after two years
parajaya
l4
n. defeat
parajit
ll
adj. defeated, vanquished,
overthrown
parajit
ll
adj. defeated, overthrown
parakram
l
n. power, strength, valour,
prowess
parakrami
ll
adj. heroic, gallant, valiant,
brave
param

adj. best, supreme, uttermost,
extreme
paramdham
ul
n. heaven, paradise, the next
world; death, demise
paramgati
l
n. liberation, salvation
parampad

n. liberation, salvation
parampara
l
n. sequence, succession,
order
paramparagat
l
adj. tradional
paramparik
lll4
adj. traditional, hereditary
parampita
ll
n. the creator of all, God
parantu

n./adv. but, inspite, however, still,
the remaining life, end
parapacuke
ll4
n. divorce, dissolution of
marriage
94
parar
l
adv. two years ago
pararastra
l
n. foreign county, another
country
pararastra mantralaya
l l4
n. foreign ministry
pararastra mantri
l l
n. foreign minister
pararastriya
ll4
adj. foreign, alien, related to
another nation
paraspar

adj. mutually, reciprocal, one
another
parca
l
n. leaflet, settlement record
parda
l
n. curtain, screen, veil,
partition
pardabhitrai
ll
comp. secretly
pardesh

adv. abroad
pardesh lagnu
l
to go abroad
parela
l
n. eyelash
pareva
4l
n. pigeon, young dove
pari
ll
n. the other side [of the shore
or boundary]
pari
ll
n. the other side [of the shore
or boundary]
paribhasa
llll
n. definition, terminology
paricalan
ll
n. mobilization
paricaya
l4
n. acquaintance, intimacy,
familiarity
paricched
l3
n. part, division, section of a
book, chapter, paragraph
pariksha
lll
n. examination, investigation
parikshan
ll"l
n. examination, investigation
parimanbodhak
ll"ldlu4
adj. quantitative [grammar]
parinam
l"ll
n. result, consequence
parinamsvarup
l"ll4^
conj. as a result of, with the
result of, consequently
parinati
l"ll
n. transformation, culmination,
form
paripati
lll
n. tradition, method, mode,
arrangement, order
paripurti
ll
n. perfection, completion
parisad
ll
n. assembly, council, senate,
committee
parishist
ll
n. appendix, supplement
95
parishrami
ll
adj. laborious, industrious,
painstaking, hardworking,
diligent
paristhiti
ll"l
n. circumstances, situation,
condition, surrounding,
environment
parit
ll
adj. resolved, decided,
concluded, passed (of a
motion, bill, etc.)
parityag
l4l
n. abandonment, abdication
parivar
l4l
n. family
parivartan
l4
n. change, exchange
pariyojana
l4ll
n. project
parkhal
Rl
n. wall
parkhanu
R
v.t. to wait, to have patience
parkhinu
lR
v.t. to wait, to have patience
parnu

v.i. to happen, to occur, to fall,
to ignite
parnu
l
v.t. to put in, to lay, to ignite, to
cause, to make
paro
ll
n. mercury
parsi
l
adv. the day after tomorrow
parti
ll
n. party
parti kendriya kamiti
ll 4l4 4ll
n. central committee of a
party
parva
4
n. festival, holiday, fte,
chapter, section, portion,
canto
parvat
4
n. hill, mountain, rock
paryanta
4
postp. till, until, unto, up to
paryatak
44
n. traveller, wanderer, tourist
paryatakharuko svarg
44^4l 4
n. tourist paradise
paryatan
4
n. touring, tourism
pasal

n. shop, warehouse, booth
pasale

n. shopkeeper, merchant,
vendor
pashcim
l
n. west
pashupalan
l
n. animal husbandry
pashupati
l
n. Pashupati
pasina
ll
n. sweat
96
paskanu
4
v.t. to serve [food]
pasnu

v.t. to enter, to go in, to come
in
pata
l
n. jute, hessian, silk, silk
threat
patak
4
n. times, occasion
patalo
ll
adj. thin
patan

n. packing, package
patan

n. fall, downfall, degradation
patan
l
n. Lalitpur, Patan [a
neighbouring town of
Kathmandu]
patani
l
n. irrigation
path
l
n. lesson, reading, recital
path
"
n. path, course
pathaunu
l
v.t. to send, to despatch
pathi
ll
n. lamb [female]
patho
ll
n. lamb [male]
pathshala
lll
n. school, seminary
pathshalaya
lll4l
n. school, college, academy,
seminary
pati
l
n. husband
patit
l
adj. fallen, degraded, outcaste
patni
l
n. wife, better half, married
woman
patra

n. page
patrakar
4l
n. journalist
patre cattan
l
n. sedimentary rock
patrika
l4l
n. magazine, journal
patta
l
n. leaf, foliage, address
patthar
"
n. stone
patti
l
n. bandage
patti
l
n. side
pattyaunu
4l
v.t. to plait, to fold
pau
l
n. a quarter
paune
l
adj. a quarter to
paunu
l
v.t. to get, to obtain, to receive,
to bear, to beget, to
97
produce
pauranik
lll4
adj. legendary
pauranu
l
v.i. swim
pauri
ll
n. swimming
pauri khelnu
ll R
v.t. swim
pauroti
lll
n. bread
paus
ll
n. ninth month of the Nepali
year (December/January)
paustik
ll4
n. nutrition
pesh

postp. in front of, before
pesha
l
n. occupation
pesta
l
n. pestachio nut
pet

n. stomach
peti
l
n. belt, casket, small box,
small chest, girdle
phagun
l
n. eleventh month of the
Nepali year
(February/March)
phaida
ltl
n. advantage
phailanu

v.i. to spread, to be scattered
phailanu

v.i. to spread, to be scattered
phailinu
l
v.i. to spread, to be scattered
phaisala
l
n. decision, judgement,
settlement, adjudication
phalam
l
n. iron
phalgun
"l
n. eleventh month of the
Nepali year
(February/March)
phalnu
l
v.t. to throw away
phalnu

v.i. to bear fruits; to cleanse, to
husk
phalphul

n. fruits and flowers
phalphul kheti
Rl
n. horticulture
phalsvarup
4^
postp. as a result of
phansi
ll
n. execution by hanging,
noose
phapar
l
n. buckwheat
pharak
4
n. difference, separation,
being apart
pharakilo
ll4l
adj. spacious, roomy, extensive
98
pharar
l
n. absconding, fled
pharkanu
4
v.i. to return, to come back
pharsi
l
n. large yellow pumpkin
phastaunu
l
v.t. to develop, to become fat
phatyangro
l7l
n. cricket, grasshopper
pherabadal
d
n. change, modification
pheri
l
adv. again, once more, once
again
phesan

n. facion
phijinu
ll
v.i. to spread
phikri garnu
ll
v.t. to be worried
phila
ll
n. thigh
philipins
lll
n. Philippinen
phohor
ll
adj. dirty, foul, filthy, obscene
phokso
l4l
n. lungs
phranseli
ll
adj. French
phul

n. flower
phul

n. egg
phulbari
dll
n. flower garden
phuleko kesh
4l 4
grey hair
phulkopi
4ll
n. cauliflower
phupaju
l
n. father's sister's husband
phupu

n. father's sister
phurtilo
ll
adj. smart
phusro
l
adj. grey, grizzled
phutbal khelnu
d R
v.t. to play football
phyanknu
4l4
v.t. to throw away
phyauro
4ll
n. fox
pidit
ll
adj. afflicted, tortured,
distressed, oppressed
pindalu
ll
n. a kind of root
pindulo
ll
n. calf of the leg
ping
ls
n. swing
pir
l
n. worry, anxiety, distress,
mental trouble, punishment
99
pira
ll
n. floor seat [of straw or wood]
piralnu
l
v.i./v.t. to torment, to afflict, to
distress, to tease
piro
ll
adj. hot [in taste]
pirolnu
ll
v.t. to torment, to afflict, to
distress, to tease
pita
ll
n. father [Sanskritized]
pithiun
ll
n. back
pitho
ll
n. flour, powder
pitho
ll
n. flour
pittal
l
n. brass
pohor
ll
adv. last year
poi
lt
n. husband [rural]
poila
lt
n. running away with a man
without formal marriage
poila janu
lt l
comp. run away with a man
pokhari
lRl
n. pond, lake, reservoir
poleko masu
l4l l
n. barbecued meat
pothi mujur
l"l
n. peahen
potnu
l
v.t. smear with red clay, paint
the floor wall, whitewash
poto
ll
n. a smearing rag
prabandhak
du4
n. manager, writer of an
essay
prabhat
l
n. daybreak, dawn
prabhav
l4
n. influence, effect, power,
strength, authority,
dominance
prabhavashali
l4ll
adj. powerful, strong, radiant
pracalan

n. prevalence, custom, usage,
currency, movement
pracalit
l
adj. prevalent, current,
customary, in practice, , in
vogue, recognised
pracar
l
n. publicity, publication,
usage, advertisement,
announcement
pracarit
ll
adj. propagated, publicised,
circulated, made current,
made prevalent, given
currency
100
pracin
ll
adj. ancient, old, antique, aged
pracinta
lll
n. antiquity, ancientness
pradesh

n. province, region, realm,
country, territory, state
pradeshik
ll4
adj. regional
pradhanmantri
ull
n. Prime Minister
pradhannyayadhish
ul4l4lul
n. Chief Justice
pradhyapak
l4l4
n. college teacher, lecturer,
professor
pradurbhav
ll4
n. appearance, manifestation;
serious or terrible outbreak;
birth, prevalence
pradusan
l"l
n. pollution
pragati
l
n. progress, advancement
pragatishil
ll
adj. progressive, modern
prahari
l
n. police
praja
l
n. subject, tenant, people,
progeny
prajatantra
l
n. democracy
prajatantrik
lll4
adj. democratic
prakar
4l
n. kind, way, sort
prakash
4l
n. light, manifestation,
publication
prakashak
4l4
n. publisher
prakashan
4l
n. publication, publishing
prakashit
4ll
adj. published
prakashkiya
4l4l4
adj. related to the publisher
prakhyat
4l
adj. renowned, famous,
celebrated, noted
prakriti
l4l
n. nature, talent
prakritik
l4l4
adj. natural, physical, material
prakritik gyas
l4l4 4l
n. natural gas
prakritik vanaspati
l4l4 4l
n. natural vegetation
prakriya
l4l
n. process, procedure,
manner, method, technique
praman
l"l
n. proof, testimony, evidence,
attestation, ascertainment
pramanik
ll"l4
adj. factual, true, genuine,
authoritative
pramanik
lll"l4
adj. factual, true, genuine,
101
authoritative
pramanit
ll"l
adj. certified
pramanpatra
l"l
n. certificate, testimonial,
permit
pramukh
R
n. principal, chief, head
pranali
"lll
n. method, mode, way
pranta
l
n. border, end, extremity,
province
prapta
l
adj. obtained, received,
acquired
prapti
ll
n. receipt, procuration,
acquisition, income, profit
prarambha
l
n. beginning, commencement,
inception, initiation, starting
point
prarthana
l"l
n. prayer, petition, request
prarthana garnu
l"l
v.t. tp pray, to request
prasanga
7
n. relation, connection,
association, discussion,
narration, context
prasar
l
n. width, expansion, extent,
spreading, spread, diffusion
prashangsa
l
n. praise, appreciation,
applause, laudation, eulogy
prashasan
l
n. administration
prashasta

adj. abundant, sufficient,
enough
prashna

n. question
prashnarthak
sarvanam
l"4 4l
n. interrogative pronoun
prashnavali
l4l
n. questionnaire
prasiddha
l
adj. famous, renowned,
glorious, illustrious,
celebrated
prastav
l4
n. proposal, suggestion;
preface, foreword,
preamble
prastavana
l4l
n. introduction, prologue,
preface, foreword
prastut

adj. presented, submitted
pratam purusvacak
l4l4
n. first person [grammar]
pratha
"l
n. usage, practice, custom,
rule, fashion, method,
102
system
pratham
"
adj. first, best, primitive
pratham purus
" l
n. first person [ling.]
prathamikta
l"l4l
n. priority, precedence
prati
l
postp. towards, near to, against, in
opposition to
pratibaddha
ld
adj. restricted, banned,
conditioned, committed
pratibaddhata
ldl
n. commitment
pratibandhit
ldlu
adj. restricted, banned,
conditioned
pratibha
ll
n. genius, intellect, wit,
intelligence, brilliance
pratibimba
lldd
n. reflection, image, shadow
pratibimbit
lldld
adj. reflected
pratigama
lll
adj. retrogressive
pratik
l4
n. symbol, fetish
pratikar
l4l
n. retaliation, revenge
pratikatmak
l4l4
adj. symbolic, allegorical
pratikriya
ll4l
n. reaction
pratiksha
lll
n. expectation
pratinidhi
lllu
n. representative, substitute
pratinidhitva
lllu4
n. representation, deputation,
delegacy
pratipaksha
ll
n. opposition, rival side,
hostile camp, contesting
party
pratipakshi
lll
n. opponent, rival, contestant,
contralateral
pratishat
ll
n. percent percentage
pratishodh
llu
n. revenge, vengeance,
retaliation, vendetta, blood
feud
pratisparddha
l
n. rivalry, contest, competition
prativedan
l4
n. report, representation
pratiyogita
l4lll
n. rivalry, competition, hostility
pratyek
44
adj. every, everyone
pravacan
4
n. commentary, elucidation,
explanation
pravesh
4
n. entry, admission, access,
103
entrance
pravidhi
l4lu
n. technique
pravidhigya
l4lu
n. technician
pravriti
4l
n. trend
pravritti
4l
n. inclination of mind,
tendency
prayah
l4:
adv. almost, nearly, often,
generally
prayas
4l
n. effort, attempt, endeavour
prayatna
4
n. effort, attempt, endeavour
prayog
4l
n. use, application, action,
effort, usage, example,
performance
pret

n. dead, deceased, spirit of
the dead, evil spirit, ghost;
a very greedy person
pristhabhumi
l
n. basis
prithvi
4l
n. earth
priya
l4
adj. dear, lovely, beloved
pucchar
3
n. tail
pugnu

v.i. to arrive at, to reach, to be
fulfilled, to be sufficient
puja garnu
l
v.t. to worship, to adore
puja kotha
l 4ll
n. prayer room, worshipping
room
punargathan

n. reorganization, recasting
punarjivit
ll4
adj. revived, risen from the
dead
punarnirman
ll"l
reconstruction
punarvalikan
4l4
n. revision, retrospect, review
punarvas
4l
n. rehabilitation
puniun
l
n. a flat spoon used for ladling
out rice
punling
l7
n. male [grammar]
pura
l
adj. full, complete, entire, gross,
whole
purano
ll
adj. old, ancient
purashcaran
"l
n. repeating the name of a
deity
purashcarya
4l
n. repeating the name of a
deity
104
puratatva
l4
n. archaeology
puri
l
n. bread cooked in butter
purkha
Rl
n. ancestor, forefather
purna
"l
adj. perfect, full, complete,
whole, accomplished,
sufficient, detailed
purnatah
"l:
adv. completely, fully, perfectly,
totally
purnataya
"l4l
adj. completely, totally, fully,
entirely
purnima
l"ll
n. full moon day
purohit
ll
n. family priest
purusartha
ll"
n. manly achievement,
energy, vigour, valour
purusvacak sarvanam
4l4 4l
n. personal pronoun
purvadhar
4lul
n. infrastructure
purvagraha
4l
n. prejudice
purvak
44
suff. together, with
purvi
4l
adj. eastern, eastern quarter
purviya
4l4l
adj. eastern
purviya
4l4
adj. eastern
puryaunu
4l
v.t. to exort, to lead, to fulfil a
wish
pus

n. ninth month of the Nepali
year (December/January)
pusta
l
n. generation, succession
pustakalaya
4l4
n. library
pusti
l
n. nourishment, nutrition
putali
l
n. butterfly
pval
4l
n. hole, opening
pyaj
4l
n. onion
pyaro
4ll
adj. loving, dear, beloved,
lovely, pleasant
pyau
4l
n. mushroom
racak
4
n. author, writer, maker
racana
l
n. composition, production,
creation, formation
racanatmak
l4
adj. creative, constructive
racayita
l4l
n. composer, writer, author,
105
maker
racit
l
adj. composed, made, formed,
manufactured, compiled,
constructed, built, invented,
fabricated
radhi
ll
n. coarse wollen rug
ragat

n. blood
ragat aunu
l
to bleed
rahanu

v.i. to remain, to dwell, to
inhabit
rahar

n. a kind of lentils
rahasyamaya
44
adj. mysterious, secret, hidden
rahasyamaya
dhangabata
44 7dl
adv. in a mysterious way
rahat
l
n. comfort, relief
rai
lt
n. Rai [a Nepali nationality]
raithane
"l
n. local inhabitant, aboriginee
raiti
l
n. tenant, leaseholder, farmer
raja
ll
n. king, ruler, sovereign
rajaharuma
ll^l
comp. among kings
rajasva
l4
n. revenue, royalty
rajdarbar
ldl
n. the king's palace
rajdhani
lull
n. capital
rajdut
l
n. ambassador
rajdutavas
ll4l
n. embassy
rajhans
l
n. swan
rajhans
ll
n. swan
raji
ll
adj. willing, pleased, desirous,
content, complacent
rajikhushi
llRl
n. willingness, acceptance
with much pleasure
rajinama
llll
n. agreement, compromise
rajkaj
l4l
n. government work,
administration
rajkaji
l4ll
adj. relating to government,
relating to administration
rajkanya
l44l
n. princess
rajkarya
l4l4
n. public affair, affairs of state,
governance
rajkumar
l4l
n. prince
106
rajkumari
l4ll
n. princess
rajnaitik
ll4
adj. political
rajnaitik gatividhi
ll4 ll4lu
political movement
rajniti
lll
n. politics, political science
rajnitigya
lll
n. politician
rajnitik
lll4
adj. political
rajnitik labh
lll4 l
n. political importance
rajparisad
lll
n. council of state
rajprasad
ll
n. palace
rajtantra
l
n. monarchy, monarchical
system of government
rajvanshi
l4l
n. Rajvanshi [a Nepali
nationality]
rajya
l4
n. kingdom, state, territory
rajyadhikar
l4lu4l
n. power of the state, jura
regia
rajyavati
l44l
n. Rajyavati [mother of
Licchavi king Manadeva I]
rakhnu
l
v.t. to keep, to protect, to hold
raksha
ll
n. defence, protection, guard
raksi
4l
n. alcoholic drink
raktapatpurna
4l"l
adj. bloody
rakumari
l4ll
n. princess
ramailo
ltl
adj. pleasant
ramaunu
l
v.i. to be pleased, to feel
happy, to feel delighted, to
be glad
ramnu

v.i. to be pleased, to feel
happy, to feel delighted, to
be glad
ramro
ll
adj. good, beautiful
rang
7
n. colour
rangamanc
7
n. stage
rangaunu
l
v.t. to colour, to paint, to dye,
to tint
rangicangi
ll
adj. multi-coloured
rangin
l
adj. coloured
rango
ll
n. water buffalo [male]
107
rani
ll
n. queen
ranniti
"lll
n. strategy
rap
l
n. heat of the sun, heat of the
fire
ras

n. juice, broth
rasiya
l4l
n. Russia
rastra
l
n. nation
rastrabhasa
llll
n. national language,
language of the nation
rastranayak
ll44
n. head of state
rastravad
l4l
n. nationalism
rastravadi
l4ll
n./adj. a nationalist, nationalistic
rastriya
ll4
adj. national
rastriya jagaran
ll4 l"l
national awakening
rastriya rastra
ll4 l
nation-state
rastriyata
ll4l
n. nationality, nationalism
rat

postp. engaged in, employed in,
devoted to, absorbed in,
addicted to
rat
l
n. night
rat parcha
l 3
it's getting dark
rati
ll
adv. at night
rato
ll
adj. red
rato mato
ll ll
n. red clay to paint the wall
raun
l
n. hair of the body
ravivar
l44l
n. Sunday
rayako sag
l4l4l l
n. mustard greens [large]
rel

n. rail
rica
+l
n. verse, hymn
rihai
llt
n. release, acquittal,
deliverance, discharge,
setting free
rijha
lR
n. gladness, happiness,
contentment
rina
+"l
n. debt, loan, due, obligation
rini
+"ll
n./adj. debtor, indebted
ris
l
n. anger, wrath, irritation
risaeko
ll]4l
adj. angry
108
risaunu
ll
v.i. to be angry, to get irritated
risi
+ll
n. sage, saint, wise ascetic
riti-thiti
lll"l
n. social customs
rittinu
ll
v.i. to be emptied
ritto
ll
adj. empty, hollow
ritu
+
n. season of the year
rodh
lu
n. onbstruction, obstacle,
hindrance
rog
l
n. sickness, disease, illness,
ailment
rogi
ll
n. sick person
rojgar
ll
n. business, trade,
employment, profession,
occupation
rok
l4
n. prohibition, restriction,
interdict
rokinu
ll4
v.i. to be stopped, to be
hindered
roknu
l4
v.t. to prohibit, to obstruct, to
hinder, to prevent, to stop
roti
ll
n. bread [made of flour and
water without yeast]
ruci
^l
n. interest, liking, taste
rugha
l
n. cold, catarrh, chill
rugna
"l
adj. ill, sick, unwell, indisposed,
motbid, diseased
runa man lagnu
l
to feel like to wep
runu

v.i. to weep, to cry
rup
^
n. countenance, look, form,
shape, aspect, beauty,
guise, semblance,
appearance
rupantar
^l
n. transformation, transition,
change of form,
metamorphosis, translation,
conversion
rupi
^l
postp. having the form of, having
the shape of
rupiyan
l4l
n. Rupee
ruvanda
4l"l
n. Ruanda
ruvaunu
4l
v.i. to cause to weep
saba
d
adj. all, everything
109
sabai bhanda
d l
of all
sabaijaso
dl
pron. almost all
saber
d
adj. early
saberai
d
adv. early
sabha
l
n. assembly, meeting,
gathering
sabhapati
ll
n. chairman [of a meeting,
organization or party]
sabhyata
+4l
n. civilization, civility,
politeness, courtesy, good
manner
sabik
lld4
adj. former, previous
sabun
ld
n. soap
sabunko gaj
ld4l l
n. soap foam
sabunko phinja
ld4l l
n. soap foam
sabut
d
n. proof, evidence, testimony,
demonstration
sacetak
4
n. whip
saciv
l4
n. secretary, advisor,
companion
sacivalaya
l4l4
n. secretariat
sadak
4
n. road [metalled]
sadan

n. residence, house,
assembly hall
sadar

n. acceptance, approval,
sanction
sadar upatyaka
44l
n. central valley
sadashya
4
n. member
sadashyaharuprati
daman-niti
4^l ll
n. politics of oppression
towards members
sadasya
4
n. member
sadasyata
4l
n. membership
sadbhavana
l4l
n. friendship
sadhain
u
adv. always
sadhan
lu
n. material, resource,
medium, means,
equipment
sadhana
lul
n. devotes labour or striving,
object of devotion;
controlling spirit or ghost by
reciting sacred verses;
110
penance, propitiation
sadharan
lul"l
adj. common, simple, general
sadharan sabha
lul"l l
n. general assembly
sadhe
l
adj. half past
sadiccha
l3l
n. good wishes, good will
sadupayog
4l
n. utilization
sadyantra
l4
n. conspiracy, plot, intrigue
sagapat
ll
n. (leafy) vegetables
sagar
l
n. ocean, sea
sagar

n. sky, heaven
sagarkhand
R
n. sweet potato
sagarmatha
l"l
n. Sagarmatha,
Chomolungma, Mount
Everest
sagaunu
l
v.t. to help, to assist, to aid
saghaunu
l
v.t. to help, to assist, to aid
saglo
l
adj. whole, complete, undivided
sagsabji
l4l
n. vegetables
sahabhagi
ll
n. partner, accomplice
sahabhagita
lll
n. participation
sahalekhak
R4
n. co-author
sahamat

n./adv. agreement, of one and the
same mind or opinion
sahamati
l
n. agreement, concurrence,
content
sahan

n. endurance, enduring,
bearing
sahanu

v.t. to forbear, to endure, to
brook, to sustain, to
withstand
sahara
ll
n. help, assistance, support
sahasrabdi
ll
n. millennium
sahaya
l4
n. help, assistance, support
sahayak
l44
n. assistant, helper, colleague
sahayak nadi
l44 l
n. tributary (river)
sahayata
l4l
n. help, assistance, support
sahayog
4l
n. cooperation
sahayog samiti
4l ll
n. cooperative society
111
sahayogi
4ll
n. colleague, supporter,
assistant, friend
sahinlo
lll
n. third eldest [of brothers]
sahitya
ll4
n. literature
sahityakar
ll44l
n. writer, author
sahityashastra
ll4l
n. poetics, rhetoric, literature
sahityik
lll44
adj. literary
sahu
l
n. merchant, trader, money-
lender, banker
sahu
l
n. shopkeeper, merchant,
trader, businessman,
moneylender
sahuni
ll
n. shopkeeper (female)
saiddhantik
ll4
adj. according top principle,
theoretical
sainik
l4
adj. military
sainik viman
l4 l4l
n. military plane
saintis
l
num. thirty-seven, 37
saja
l
n. punishment, confinement,
penalty
sajaya
l4
n. punishment, confinement,
penalty
sajha
lRl
n. cooperative, joint enterprise
sajilo
ll
adj. easy, simple
sakali
4l
adj. original, true, pure, good,
genuine
sakbhar
4
adv. as much as possible
sakesamma cando
4 ll
comp. as fast as possible, as soon
as possible
saknu
4
v.t. to be able; to finish, to
complete
saksham
l
adj. capable, competent
sakshar
ll
adj. literate
saksharta
lll
n. literacy
sal
l
n. year [of vikram samvat]
salabalaunu
dl
v.i. to move restlessly
salah

n. locust
salai
lt
n. matches
salaiko batta
lt dl
n. match-box
salakhala
llRll
adj. on the average
112
salana
lll
adj. annually, every year, yearly
sali
ll
n. wife's younger sister
salig
ll
n. statue, effigy, idol, image
salik
ll4
n. statue, effigy, idol, image
salinda
lll
adj. annually, every year
sallaha
l
n. consultation, advice,
counsel, conference,
deliberation
sallahakar
l4l
advisor, consultant
salo
ll
n. wif's younger brother
samacar
ll
n. news, information
samadhan
lul
n. solving the problem,
cracking the nuts, removel
of doubts
samagra

adj. whole, all, entire, complete
samaj
l
n. society
samaj shastra
l l
n. sociology
samajik
lll4
adj. social
samajvad
ll4l
n. socialism
samajvadi
ll4ll
n./adj. socialist
samajvadi rajya
ll4ll l4
n. socialist state
samaksha
l
postp. before, in front of,
samalocana
lll
n. review
saman
ll
n. things, materials,
apparatus, tools,
belongings, appliances
saman
l
adj. similar, equal, alike,
uniform, equivalent,
identical, tantamount
samanta
ll
n. equality, equivalence,
parity, similarity, likeness
samanti
ll
adj. feudal, feudatory
samanvaya
44
n. combination, union,
uniformity, harmony,
natural succession
samanya
ll4
adj. ordinary, general, common,
usual, trivial, insignificant
samanya ling
ll4 l7
n. double gender
samanya nam
ll4 l
n. generic term
113
samapta
l
adj. finished, completed,
accomplished
samarpan
"l
n. offering, dedication,
surrender, deliverynce,
disposal, assignment
samartha
"
adj. mighty, powerful, strong,
able
samarthak
"4
n./adj. supporter, vindicator;
supporting
samarthan
"
n. support, ratification,
corroboration
samarthata
"l
n. capability, competence
samasta

adj. whole, entire, all
samasti
l
n. collectiveness, totality,
aggregate
samastigat
l
adv. collectively
samasya
4
n. problem, dilemma
samasyagrasta
4l
adj. problematic
samata
l
n. equalness, similarity,
evenness
samatal

adj. plain, level, smooth, even,
flat; moderate
samay
4
n. time, period, season,
opportunity, leisure,
occasion
sambal
d
n. support
sambandha
du
n. relation, relationship,
connection, association,
affinity
sambandhi
dul
suff. related with, pertaining to
sambandhi sarvanam
dul 4l
n. relative pronoun
sambhavana
l4l
n. possibility, probability
sambhavatah
4:
adv. possible, in all probability
sambhranta
l
adj. perplexed, confused,
bewildered
sambodhan
dlu
n. address, calling aloud;
vocative case
samcar
l
n. news, information
samdhi
ul
n. son's father-in-law,
daughter's father-in-law
samdhini
lul
n. son's mother-in-law,
daughter's mother-in-law
samet

postp. with, together with,
114
including, included
saminya
ll4
adj. simple, common
samiti
ll
n. committee
samjhana
Rl
n. remembrance,
reminiscence, memory
samma

postp. upto, as far as
sammat

adv. unanimous, agreeing,
agreed to, approved,
sanctioned, permitted
sammati
l
n. opinion, consent, approval,
permission, acceptance,
assent
sammelan

n. meating, conference
sammilit
ll
adj. with eyes shut, with eyes
closed, covered
sammyaunu
4l
v.t. to level, to make plain
sampadak
l4
n. editor
sampadakiya
l4l4
adj. editorial
sampadakiya sahayak
l4l4 l44
n. assistant editor
sampadakiya vibhag
l4l4 l4l
n. editorial department
sampanna

adj. rich, well-off, prosperous,
wealthy, well-to-do
samparka
4
n. company, association,
union
sampradaya
l4
n. sect, religious society,
mode, tradition, usage,
custom
sampurna
"l
adj. complete, whole, entire, all,
total, perfect, finished
samrat
l
n. emperor, sovereign, king of
the kings
samriddha

adj. important
samu
l
postp. before, in front of, opposite,
facing
samuccaya
4
n. assemblage, mass,
collection
samudaya
l4
n. collection, assemblage,
group
samudayavacak nam
l44l4 l
n. collective noun, generic
term
samudayik
lll44
adj. collective, pertaining to
community
samudra

n. sea, ocean
115
samudra sataha

n. sea level
samuha

n. collection, assemblage,
group
samuhik
l4
adj. collective
samunnati
l
n. progress, development,
elevation, rise
samyatantra
l4
n. communism
samyavad
l44l
n. communism
samyavadi
l44ll
n./adj. communist
san

n. jute
sana buva
ll d4l
n. mother's younger sister's
husband
sancalan
l
n. managing, directing
sancalan

n. movement
sancalit
ll
adj. managed, conducted,
directed
sancar
l
n. movement, motion
sancaran
"l
n. movement, motion
sanco
ll
n./adj. 1. key; true, sincere, genuine,
real
sandarbha

n. treatise, a collection of
anthology, formation,
construction; context,
appendage, expansion
sandarbha-suci
l
n. bibliography
sandesh

n. information, news,
message; command; gift
present
sandhe
l
n. bull
sanga
s
postp. with, along with
sangai lanu
s l
v.t. to take along, to take away
sangasangai
ss
adj. together
sanggathan
7
n. organization, union, league
sanggathanatmak
l4
adj. organizational
sanggathanik
7l4
adj. organizational
sanggharsa
l
n. struggle, conflict, strife,
friction
sangh

n. assembly, association,
multitude, monastery
sanghu
l
n. wooden bridge (of a log or
planks), small bridge
116
(usually made of bamboos
or planks of wood)
sangkalan
j
n. collection, compilation
sangkalpa
j
n. solemn promise, resolve,
solution, determination
sangkat
4
n. distress, peril, caamity,
agony
sangkat
j
n. hint, symbol, gesture, sign
sangketik
ls4l4
adj. token, nominal, symbolic,
indicative
sanglo
lsl
n. roach
sanguro
ll
adj. narrow
sangyojik
4ll4
n. conjunction
sangyukta rastra
sangh
4 l
United Nations
Organization
sani ama
ll ll
n. mother's younger sister
sanishcavar
l4l
n. Saturday
sanivar
l4l
n. Saturday
sanjha
lR
adv. in the evening
sanjha paryo
lR 4l
it became evening
sankhyabodhak
4dlu4
adj. numerical [grammar]
sankhyamatrabodhak
4lldlu4
n. cardinal number
sankramankal
"l4l
n. transitional period
sano
ll
adj. small, little, inferior
sanp
l
n. snake
sanracana
l
n. structure, composition,
anatomy
sanrakshak
l4
n. keeper, preserver, guardian
sanrakshan
l"l
n. guardianship, patronage,
protection, conservation,
tutelage
sansad

n. parliament
sansadiya
l4
adj. parliamentary
sansadiya vyavastha
l4 44"l
n. parliamentary affairs
sanshodhan
lu
n. correction, purification,
refinement, revision,
amendment
sanshodhit
llu
adj. corrected, amended,
revised
sanskar
4l
n. reformation, initiation,
117
purification
sanskaran
4"l
n. correction, act of refining;
edition
sanskrit
4
n. Sanskrit
sanskriti
4l
n. culture, customs, tradition
sanskritik
4l4
adj. cultural
sanskritmaya
44
adj. sanskritized, full of Sanskrit
sansmaran
"l
n. recollection, memory,
remembrance
sanstha
"l
n. institution, establishment
sansthagat
"l
adj. institutional
sansthan
"l
n. institution, establishment,
corporation
sansthapan
"l
n. establishment, founding,
initiation, inauguration,
foundation
santa

n. mendicant, ascetic, pious
person, devotee
santa-mahanta

n. holy men
santan
l
n. family, extended family,
lineage, genealogy,
offsoring, children,
breeding
santanabbe
ld
num. ninety-seven, 97
santan-nigraha
ll
n. birth control, family
planning
santan-nirodh
lllu
n. birth control, family
planning
santaunna
l
num. fifty-seven, 57
santulan

n. equalization, making equal
sanu
l
adj. small, little, inferior
sanu
l
adj. small, little, inferior
sanvaidhanik
4ull4
adj. constitutional
sanvarddhan
4
n. rearing, breeding, fostering
sanvedanshil
4l
adj. sensitive, sensible, feeling
sanvidhan
l4ul
n. constitution
saph
l
adj. clear, fair, pure,
unadulterated, obvious,
bright
sapha
l
adj. clean, clear, pure,
transparent
118
saphal

adj. successful, effective, fruitful
saphalibhut
l
adj. successful
saphalta
l
n. success, achievement
sar
l
n. substance, essence,
kernel, purport, chief part,
vigour, spirit
sara
ll
adj. all, whole, entire, complete
saraha

adj. similar, like, resembling, on
equal footing
saral

adj. easy, simple, plain,
straightforward, upright,
sincere
saranggi
l7l
n. Sarangi, a kind of violin
sarapnu
l
v.t. to curse
saripha
ll
n. custard-apple
sarkar
4l
n. government, administration
sarkari
4ll
adj. governmental, public,
official, administrative
sarkari bhasa
4ll lll
n. official language
sarnu
l
v.t. to move, to remove, to
shift, to copy, to infect
sarnu

v.i. to move, to spread
sarp

n. snake
sarva
4
adj. all, entire, whole, complete
sarvahara
4ll
n. proletariat
sarvajan
4
pron. everybody
sarvajanik
l4l4
adj. public
sarvanam
4l
n. pronoun
sarvanamik
l4ll4
adj. pronominal
sarvapracin
4ll
adj. oldest
sarvashrestha
4
adj. best of all, preeminent,
highest, supreme,
paramount
sarvasva
44
n. entire property, everything
sarvatomukhi
4llR
adj. universal, all pervading
sarvekshan
4l"l
n. survey
sarvesarva
44l
adj. all-in-all, supreme, chied of
all
sasana
ll
n. punishment, suppression
119
sashakta

adj. potential, powerful, strong,
forceful
sashastra

adj. armed, equipped with arms
sasto
l
adj. cheap
sasu
l
n. mother-in-law
sasura
l
n. father-in-law
sasuro
l
n. father-in-law
sat

n. existence, essence,
substance, goodness
sat
l
num. seven
sata
ll
n. week, period of seven days
sataha

n. surface, level
satahi
l
n. exchange of currency
satani
l
n. change, exhange,
interchange
satasi
ll
num. eighty-seven, 87
sataun
ll
adj. seventh
satcalis
ll
num. forty-seven
sath
l"
postp. with, including
sathattar

num. seventy-seven, 77
sathi
l"l
n. friend, companion
sathi
ll
num. sixty, 60
sati
l
n. Sati, virtuous wife, chaste
woman, faithful woman
satopuglo
lll
n. spirit, presence of mind
satra

num. seventeen, 17
satsatthi
l
num. sixty-seven, 67
satta
l
n. change, exhange,
interchange
satta
l
n. speculation
sattais
lt
num. twenty-seven, 27
sattari
l
num. seventy, 70
sattarudh
l
adj. ruling, wielding power
satu
l
n. flour of dryfried corn
satya
4
adj. true, real, right, veritable,
correct, honest
saun
l
n. fourth month of the Nepali
year [July-August]
120
saundarya
l4
beauty, charm, pretiness
saunvar
l4l
n. Monday
saurya
l4
adj. solar
sauta
ll
n. co-wife
sava
4l
adj. a quarter past
saval
4l
n. question, plumb, a laden
weight on a line
saya
4
num. hundred, 100
sekaunu
4l
v.t. to roast, to warm up
sekuva
44l
n. roasted meat
selaunu
l
v.t. to cool
selroti
ll
n. Nepalese doughnut made
of rice flour
sepilo
ll
adj. shaded, dark
seto
l
adj. white
seva
4l
n. service, attendance,
worship
sevan
4
n. service, attendance,
worship
shabda

n. word
shabdakos
4ll
n. dictionary
shahar

n. town
shaharikaran
l4"l
n. urbanization
shahi
ll
adj. royal
shahid
ll
n. martyr
shakta

adj. able, capable, strong,
vigorous, energetic, hard,
firm
shakti
l
n. strength, power, prowess,
capability, calibre, vigour,
energy
shaktihina
ll
adj. powerless, impotent,
enervated
shaktiman
ll
adj. powerful, capable, mighty,
vigorous
shaktiparikshan
lll"l
n. trial of strength
shaktishali
lll
adj. powerful, strong
shamel
l
adj. assembled, gathered
together, united together
shamil
ll
adj. assembled, gathered
121
together, united together
shangka
jl
n. doubt, suspicion,
apprehension
shankalu
4l
adj. suspicious, questionable,
prone to suspicion, vague
shankaradeva
44
n. Shankaradeva [a Licchavi
king, grandfather of
Manadeva I]
shanta
l
adj. calm, quiet, mild, serene,
pacific, grave, silent
sharad

n. early autumn
sharan
"l
n. protection, shelter
sharanarthi
"ll"l
n. refugee, shelter-seeker
sharat

n. early autumn
sharir
l
n. body
shasak
l4
n. administrator, ruler,
governor
shasakiya
l4l4
adj. governmental,
administrative, public
shasan
l
n. command, authority,
governance, reign
shasan parivartan
l l4
n. coup, putsch
shasana
ll
n. punishment, suppression
shasankal
l4l
n. term of office, reign
shasankarta
l4l
n. administrator, ruler,
governor
shasanpaddhati
ll
n. polity, system of
government
shasan-pranali
l"lll
n. government, constitution
shasantantra
l
n. government, constituion
shasit
ll
adj. ruled, administered,
governed; punished
shastra

n. weapon, arms, tool,
instrument
shatabda
l
n. century
shatabdi
ll
n. century
shatak
4
adj. hundred, 100
shatru

n. enemy
shatruta
l
n. enmity, hostility
shaucalaya
ll4
n. rest room, toilet
shav
4
n. corpse
122
shayad
l4
adv. perhaps, maybe
sherpa
l
n. Sherpa [a Nepali
nationality]
shikariko svarg
l4ll4l 4
n. hunting paradise
shiksha
lll
n. education
shikshak
ll4
n. teacher
shikshan
ll"l
n. teaching, instruction,
education
shir
l
n. head, crest, noddle,
summit, top of anything
Shista
l
adj. gentle, polite, mannerly,
civil, wellbred, refined,
trained
shisya
l4
n. student, pupil, disciple
shithilta
ll"l
n. feebleness, weakness,
looseness, laxity
shlok
4
n. verse, stanza, poetry,
couplet
shobha
ll
n. beauty, handsomeness,
magnificence, elegance,
lustre, replendence
shos
ll
n. suction, drying up,
withering, dryness,
absorption, sucking
shosak
ll4
adj. absorbent, withering
shosan
ll"l
n. suction, drying up,
withering, dryness,
absorption, sucking,
exploitation
shosit
lll
adj. exploited
shram

n. hard labour, toil, exertion
shravan
l4"l
n. fourth month of the Nepali
year [July-August]
shri
l
n. Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss
shrilangka
l7l
n. Sri Lanka
shriman
ll
n. husband
shrimati
ll
n. wife
shuddha

adj. pure, genuine, chaste,
uncontaminated, clear,
uncorrupted, unadulterated
shukavar
44l
n. Friday
shukla paksha
4 l
comp. the moonlit half of a lunar
month
123
shukravar
4l
n. Friday
shunya
4
n./adj. empty, nill, zero
shur

adj. hero, warrior, champion
shuru
^
n. start, beginning
shuru garnu
^
to start, to begin
shyarpa
4ll
n. Sherpa [a Nepali
nationality]
siddhanta
ll
n. doctrine, tenet, established
truth
siddhi
ll
n. perfection,
accomplishment, maturity,
fulfilment, victory
siddhyaunu
ll
v.t. to finish, to complete, to kill
sikkim
ll44
n. Sikkim
siknu
l4
v.t. to learn
silbar
ld
n. aluminium
siling
lls
n. ceiling
sima
ll
n. boundary, border, limit,
landmark
simana
lll
n. boundary, border, limit,
landmark
simi
ll
n. bean
simit
ll
adj. limited, restricted
sinbi
ldl
n. bean
sincai
llt
n. watering, irrigation
sincit
ll
adj. irrigated, drenched
sindur
l
n. vermilion, lead powder
sindure
l
adj. scarlet, vermilion-coloured
singgapur
ll
Singapur
sinha
l
n. lion
sinhasan
ll
n. throne, lion's seat
sinki
l4l
n. soured raddish, fermented
raddish
sip
l
n. handicraft, handiwork, art,
craft, arts and crafts, skill
sipahi
lll
n. soldier
sipalu
ll
adj. skilful, experienced, clever,
skilled
sipharish
lll
n. recommendation, letter of
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support; intercession
sirak
l4
n. quilt
sirani
lll
n. pillow
sirjana
ll
n. creation, formation,
construction
sisa
ll
n. lead
sita
l
postp. with, along with
siune kal
l 4
n. sewing machine
siunu
l
v.i. to sew, to stitch
siyo
l4l
n. needle
skulma padhnu
4l
comp. to go to school
smaran-patra
"l
n. reminder, memorandum
smarika
ll4l
n. monument, memorial;
commemorative volume
smriti
l
n. memory, remembrance,
memento
smriti-patra
l
n. reminder, memorandum
snan
l
n. bath
snankotha
l4l l
n. bathroom
so
l
adj. that, that one, he, she
sobhita
lll
n. cobalt
socnu
l
v.t. to think, to ponder, to
consider
sodhakhoj
luRl
n. research program,
research project
sohra
l
num. sixteen, 16
sojho
lRl
adj. straigt, straigtforward,
honest
somvar
l4l
n. Monday
sopan
ll
n. steps, ladder, staircase
spast

adj. distinct, clear, intelligible,
lucid, apparent, evident
sresta
l
n. book-keeping, account,
register book
srot
l
n. current, stream, channel,
water course, source of
income
srot ra sadhan
l lu
n. resources
stambha

n. column
stan

n. breast
125
stava
4
n. praise, admiration; prayer,
hymn
steshan

n. station
sthagit
"l
adj. postpones, adjourned
sthan
"l
n. place, spot, site, position,
house
sthaniya
"ll4
adj. local, territorial, regional,
topical
sthapan
"l
n. establishment, foundation,
setting up, creation,
planting, placing
sthapana
"ll
n. establishment, foundation,
setting up, creation,
planting, placing
sthapit
"ll
adj. propounded, founded,
established, instituted, set
up, fixed, placed, erected,
installed
sthayi
"l4l
adj. permanent, stationary,
fast, durable, lasting,
stable, steady
sthayitva
"ll44
n. permanence, durability,
sustainment
sthira
l"
adj. stable, firm, fixed,
permanent, constant,
steadfast, immovable,
determined, patient
sthirata
l"l
n. immobility, steadiness,
stability, constancy,
immutability, patience
sthiratva
l"4l
n. immobility, steadiness,
stability, constancy,
immutability, patience
sthiti
l"l
n. place, position,
circumstance, condition,
phase, equilibrium
striling
ll7
n. female [grammar]
stuti
l
n. praise, glorification, eulogy,
admiration; hymn of praise,
invocation, solemn prayer
subista
ldl
n. easiness, comfort
subistako
ldl4l
adj. comfortable, easy
sucana
l
n. notice, notification,
information, advertisement,
indication, hint
sucanapatra
l
n. advertisement, notice
126
suci
l
n. needle, a pointed piece of
iron, goad, prong
suci
l
n. liste, table, index,
catalogue
sudhar
ul
n. improvement, reform,
reformation, correction,
amendment, renovationr
sudharak
ul4
n. reformer, improver,
disciplinarian
sudharnu
ul
v.t. to correct, to reform, to
amend, to make better
sudridha

adv. very strong, very firm, very
rigid
suga
l
n. parrot
sujhau
Rl
n. suggestion, advice, counsel
sujhav
Rl4
n. suggestion, advice, counsel
sukhi
Rl
adj. happy, pleased, delighted
sukhiya
lR4l
adj. pleasure loving, pleasant,
happy
sukti
l
n. good saying, beautiful
sentence
sukul
4
n. a kind of straw mat, a
person of high or
respectable family
sukumvasi
44ll
n./adj. a homeless person,
homeless
sukuti
4l
n. dried meat, jerk
sun

n. gold
sunaulo
ll
adj. golden
sunaunu
l
v.t. to make others hear, to tell
sundar

adj. beautiful, nice, pretty,
charming
sundha

n. trunk (of an elephant) snout
sungur

n. pig, hog
suntala
l
n. tangerine
suntale

adj. orange-coloured
sunuvar
4l
n. Sunuwar [a Nepali
nationality]
supari
ll
n. areca nut, betel nut
suraksha
ll
protection, security
surakshit
ll
adj. well protected, in safety
127
surti
l
n. tobacco
suruva
4l
n. meat broth, meat soup
surya
4
n. sun
susajjit
l
adj. well adorned, well prepared
susangat

well associated, well
accompanied; reasonable
susangata
l
n. good association, good
companionship
susangati
l
n. good companionship
suselnu

v.t. to whistle
suselo
l
n. whistling, sighing; whistling
sound made by the wind,
sound produced by water
while flowing
sushasan
l
n. good government, good
rule, good administration
sushri
l
n. Miss
susta

adj. lazy, slow, idle, tardy,
inactive
sutne kotha
4ll
n. bed room
sutnu

v.i. to sleep, to go to sleep, to
go to bed, to lie down
sutrapat
l
n. beginning, commencement
suvidha
l4ul
n. facility, convenience
suvista
l4l
n. easiness, comfort
svabhav
4l4
n. habit, nature, temperament,
character
svabhavatah
4l4:
adv. naturally, by nature
svabhavik
4ll44
adj. natural, by nature
svaccha
43
adj. clean, clear, pure,
transparent
svad
4l
n. taste
svadhin
4lul
adj. independent, free, self-
governing, autonomous
svadhinata
4lull
n. independence, freedom,
autonomy
svami
4ll
n. master, owner, lord,
proprietor, husband
svar
4
n. voice, sound, tune, tone,
vowel
svarg
4
n. heaven, paradise, sky,
heavens; a beautiful place,
128
a pleasant site
svargavas
44l
n. death, passing away
svarup
4^
n. shape, form, apperarance
svasni
4ll
n. wife [common]
svasnimanche
4lll3
n. woman
svasth
4"
adj. healthy
svasthya
4l4
n. health
svatah
4:
adj. voluntarily, spontaneous, of
one's own accord
svatantra
4
adj. free
svatantrata
4l
n. freedom, independence
svatantrata divas
4l l4
n. independence day
svayam
44
adv. personally, self
svayambhunath
4l4 l"
n. Swayambhunath
svayamev
444
adv. personally, self
svayamsevak
4444
n. volunteer
svayang
44
adj. personally, self
svayatta
4l4
adj. autonomous, under one's
control
svayatta shasan
4l4 l
n. autonomy, self-government
svayattashasi
4l4ll
adj. autonomous
svayattata
4l4l
n. autonomy
svikar
4l4l
n. acceptance, confession,
assent, agreement
svikrit
4l4
adj. accepted, agreed,
consented, conferred
svikriti
4l4l
n. acceptance, sanction,
approbation,
acknowledgement, consent
syal
4l
n. jackal
syau
4l
n. apple
tadha
ll
adj. far (away)
tadkanu
4
v.i. to walk speedily, to shout,
to cry
tadkinu
l4
v.i. to walk speedily, to shout,
to cry
tai
lt
n. flat iron pan
taipani
l
conj. though, notwithstanding
taja
ll
adj. fresh, not stale; green,
129
unfaded; recent
tak
l4
n. time, hour, opportunity,
chance
tak
4
n. reflection, light; gazing,
staring; looking at the
things with closing the eyes
takaliph
4l
n. trouble, pain, affliction
takiya
l44l
n. pillow
takuro
l4l
n. summit, top, peak, apex
tal
l
n. lake
tala
ll
n. lock
tala

postp. down, below
tala
l
n. floor
talak
4
postp. upto, as long as
talca
ll
n. lock
talika
ll4l
n. list, key, table, schedule
talim
ll
n. training, teaching
talkanu
4
v.i. to shine, to glitter, to
sparkle
talkinu
l4
v.i. to shine, to glitter, to
sparkle
talmel
l
n. co-ordination,
concordance, harmony,
agreement
talu
l
n. palate
tama
ll
n. copper
tamakhu
lR
n. tobacco
tamang
lls
n. Tamang [a Nepali
nationality]
tamsanu

v.i. to be forward, to be active
tamu

n. Tamu, Gurung [a Nepali
nationality]
tanahun

n. Tanahun [former mini-state;
today district in western
Nepal]
tanav
l4
n. tension, tenseness, strain,
tautness
tanba
ldl
n. copper
tanda
l
n. bed-sheet
tannu
l
v.t. to draw, to pull, to drag
130
tansnu
l
v.t. to stick, to fasten, to join
tap

n. penance, practice, heat,
warmth
tap
l
n. heat, warmth; mental
sorrow, anxiety, regret
tapani
ll
conj. although, nevertheless
tapari
l
n. a plate made of leaves,
leaf-plate
tapke
l4
n. frying pan
tar

n. cream
tara
ll
n. star
tara

conj. but
taranga
7
n. wave, whim, caprice;
emotion, vibration
taraph

n. direction, side
taraph

conj. towards
tarbuja
dl
n. watermelon
tari khet
ll R
n. terraced field
tarika
l4l
n. method, manner, way,
means
tarikh
llR
n. date [according to the
western calendar]
tariko sag
ll4l l
n. mustard greens [small]
tark
4
n. debate, discussion,
argument
tarkari
4ll
n. vegetable curry
tarnu
l
v.t. to deep fry
tarph

conj. towards
tarph

n. direction, side
tarphbata
dl
postp. on the part of, from
tarul

n. yam
tarun
"l
n. young man, youth, juvenile
taruno
l
n. young man, youth, juvenile
tasartha
"
int. on account of that, from
that reason, therefore
taskar
4
n. smuggler
taskari
4l
n. smuggling
tat

n. shore, bank, beach, coast
tatastha
"
adj. neutral, objective,
131
indifferent
tataunu
l
v.t. to heat, to warm up
tatha
"l
conj. and
tathya
4
n. truth, reality, substance
tato
ll
n. mark, spot, scar, stain
tato
ll
adj. warm, hot
tato pani
ll ll
n. hot water, warm water
tattva
4
n. truth; true state, essence,
substance, the real factor
of bringing things into
existence
tau
l
n. sheet of paper
tauko
l4l
n. head
taulanu
l
v.t. to weigh, to compare
tauliya
ll4l
n. towel
tavar
4
n. manner, way, mode,
method
tayar
4l
adv. ready
tayar garnu
4l
v.t. to make ready
tayar hunu
4l
v.i. to be ready, to make ready
tayarima
4ll
n. readiness, preparation
tebbar
d
adj. thrice, threefold, three
times, triplicate
tehra

num. thirteen, 13
teis
t
num. twenty-three, 23
tekne lauro
4 ll
n. staff, walking stick
telbij
dl
n. oilseed
telhan

n. oilseed
tenis
l
n. tennis
ternu

v.t. to obey, to respect; to pay
attention
tesro
l
adj. third
tesro dhrava
l u4
n. third pole
tettis
l
num. thirty-three, 33
thag

n. cheat, knave, swindler
thagaha
ll
n. cheat, knave, swindler
thagnu

v.i. to cheat, to deceive
thaha
"ll
n. knowledge, information
132
thakai
"4lt
n. fatigue, weariness,
exhaustion
thakali
"4ll
n. Thakali [a Nepali
nationality]
thaknu
"l4
v.i. to get tired, to become
tired, to be exhausted
thal
"l
n. plate
thali
"ll
n. small plate
thalni
"ll
n. beginning, commencement
thalnu
"l
v.t. to begin, to start, to
commence
thalo
"l
n. place, land; levelled high
place, table land
thamaunu
l
v.t. to recognize, to know
thami
"ll
n. Thami [a Nepali nationality]
thamyaunu
4l
v.t. to recognise, to know
thana
"ll
n. police station. police post
thana
ll
n. police station. police post
thanda
l
adj. cold, chilly
thanda marubhumi
"l l
n. tundra
thannu
l
v.t. to think, to determine
thapnu
"l
v.t. to establish, to erect, to
place
thar
"
n. clan, tribe, subcaste
tharkaunu
"4l
v.t. to frighten, to shake
tharu
"l
n. Tharu [a Nepali nationality]
thati
"ll
n. pawn, stake, postponement
thaun
l
n. place, spot, opportunity
thegnu
"
v.i. to last, to persist, to endure
theknu
4
v.t. to fix, to sum up, to appoint,
to post
thicnu
l"
v.t. to press, to crush, to
squeeze
thik
l4
adj. right, correct
thiti
ll
n. lass, girl, young women
thiti
l"l
n. arrangement, order,
custom, regulation, usage
thiti-riti
l"lll
n. arrangement, order,
custom, regulation, usage
133
thito
ll
n. lad, boy, young man
thople
"l
adj. spotted
thopo
"ll
n. drop, speck
thor
"l
adj. less
thorai
"l
adj. a little, few
thuli ama
l ll
n. father's elder brother's wife,
mother's elder sister
thulo
l
adj. big
thulo ba
l dl
n. father's elder brother,
mother's elder sister's
husband
thulo buva
l d4l
n. father's elder brother,
mother's elder sister's
husband
thunse
"
n. a large close-meshed
basket
thunuva
"4l
adj. imprisoned, arrested
thuprai aunu
" l
v.i. to pour in, to swarm in
thupro
"l
n. heap, mound, pile, crowd
ti
l
pron. those
tibbat
ld
n. Tibet
tighra
ll
n. thigh
tihun
l
n. vegetable stew
tikho
lRl
adj. sharp, pointed
tiknu
l4
v.i. to last, to remain, to endure
til
l
n. sesame
tin
l
n. tin
tin
l
num. three, 3
tinma
ll
under it, under them, under
there
tinma adhi bhanda
kehi badhi
ll ll l 4l
dl
a little bit more than half of
them
tippani
l"ll
n. note, annotation, comment,
commentary, observation,
critical remark
tippanikar
l"ll4l
n. commentator
tira
l
postp. towards, in direction to
tirnu
l
v.t. tp pay
tirsana
ll
n. desire for drink and food,
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thirst; desire, wish,
ambition
tis
l
num. thirty, 30
tithi
ll"
n. date [according to the
astrological calendar]
titri
ll
n. a sour fruit [relished for
pickle], tamarind
toknu
l4
v.t. to fix, to determine, to
appoint, to decide
toli
ll
n. small group, btch, party,
team
topalnu
l
v.t. to pretend, to make a
pretext
tori
ll
n. mustard
torika phul dekhnu
ll4l
to be astonished
tran
l"l
n. protection, defence, safety
tribhuj
l
n. triangle
tricalis
lll
num. forty-three, 43
trihattar
l
num. seventy-three, 73
tripanna
l
num. fifty-three, 53
trisatthi
ll
num. sixty-three, 63
tritiya purus
l4 l
n. third person [ling.]
tritiyapurusvacak
l4 l4l4
n. third person [grammar]
triyakalap
l4l4l
n. function, task
triyanabbe
l4ld
num. ninety-three, 93
triyasi
l4ll
num. eighty-three, 83
tukra
l
n. a small piece,
tukrinu
l
v.i. to be divided to pieces
tulana
l
n. comparison, similarity
tunginu
l
v.i. to come to an end, to be
finished, to be completed
tupi
l
n. pig-tail
turunta

adj. immediate
tyag
4l
n. desertion, abandonment
tyahan
4l
adv. there
tyas tak
4 l4
adv. at that time
tyasai
4
adv. in that way, without any
reason; free, vain
tyasaile
4
conj. therefore, so
135
tyaso hunale
4l l
conj. so, thus
tyasprati
4l
adv. in this connection,
concerning this
tyasto
4l
pron. such, that kind of, like that
tyatiko
4l4l
adj. that much, that big
ubhayaling
4l
n. double gender
ubhinu
l
v.i. to stand up, to stand, to get
up
ubhyaunu
+4l
v.t. to cause to stand, to raise
up
ubjani
l
n. production, productivity
ubjanu

v.i. to grow, to grow up, to be
produced
ubjaunu
l
v.t. to produce, to cause to
grow
ubranu
d
v.i. to be left over
ucalnu
l
v.t. to lift up
ucca

adj. high, lofty, upper, superior
ucca parvatiya
4l4
adj. alpine
udaharan
l"l
n. instance, example,
illustration
udaharaniya
l"ll4
adj. exemplary
udan
l
n. flight, act of flying or fleeing
udar
l
adj. high minded, munificent,
generous, open-hearted,
noble-minded
udarashaya
ll4
adj. generous, high-minded,
magnanimous
udarta
ll
n. generosity, liberality,
magnanimity, nobleness
udarvad
l4l
n. liberalism
udarvadi
l4ll
n. liberal, liberalist
udas
l
adj. sad
udasi
ll
adj. sad
udaunu
l
v.t. to cause to fly; to waste, to
squander, to gobble
udaunu
l
v.i. to rise (sun or moon)
udaya
4
n. rising, ascent, dawning
uddesh

n. desire, wish, intention,
purpose
uddeshya
4
n. aim, objective
136
uddhar
l
n. kindness, charity
udgar
l
n. exclamation, emotional
statement
udharnu
ul
v.t. to rip up
udhinnu
lu
v.t. to dig up, to pick out, to find
out, to search, to select
udnu

v.i. to fly
udus

n. bedbug
udyamashil
l
adj. industrial
udyat

adj. ready, prepared, raised,
brought up
udyog
l
n. industry, enterprise, effort,
diligence
udyogi
ll
adj. industrious
ugharnu
l
v.t. to open, to unlock
ughranu

v.i. to be opened
ugra

adj. wrathful, angry, fierce
uhan
l
pron. he, she [very polite]
uhile
l
adv. then, at that time, many
years ago, long ago
ujad
l
adj. deserted, isolated
ujyalo
4ll
adj. light
ukali
4ll
n. upward gradient
ukalnu
4l
v.t. to lift
ukalo
4ll
n./adj. steepness, upward
gradient; steep
ukasnu
4l
v.t. ro raise, to rouse
ukelnu
4
v.t. to vomit, to spew out
ukhan
Rl
n. proverb, saying, aphorism
ukhelnu
R
v.t. to uproot, to remove
ukhu
R
n. sugar cane
ukkaunu
44l
v.t. to break open, to initiate
ukkinu
l44
v.i. to be selected, to be picked
out
uklanu
4
v.t. to climb up, to ascend
ukta

adj. mentioned, said
ukti
l
n. statement, remark, a
saying
137
ukusmukusaunu
44l
v.t. to stifle, to cause
claustrophobia
ullangghan

n. violation, contravention
ullas
l
n. joy, delight
ullekh
R
n. mention, reference,
description
ullekhniya
Rl4
adj. remarkable, worthy of
being mentioned
ullikhit
lR
adj. written, mentioned
ulto
l
adj. opposite, upside-down
umalnu
l
v.t. to cause to boil
umarnu
l
v.t. to cause to sprout
umedvar
4l
n. candidate
umer

n. age, length of life
umkanu
4
v.i. to escape, to get free, to
slip out
umlanu

v.i. to boil, to bubble up, to
simmer
ummedvar
4l
n. candidate
umranu

v.i. to sprout, to spring up, to
grow up
un

n. wool
unancas
l
num. forty-nine, 49
unannabbe
ld
num. eighty-nine
unansattari
ll
num. sixty-nine, 69
unansaya
l4
num. ninety-nine, 99
unasi
ll
num. seventy-nine, 79
unca
l
adj. high, lofty
uncai
lt
n. height, tallness, summit
uncalis
ll
num. thirty-nine, 39
unco
l
adj. high
unco
l
adj. high
uni kammal
l 4
n. wollen blanket
unmulan

n. uprooting, destruction,
eradication
unnais
lt
num. nineteen, 19
unnat

adj. risen, progressed,
improved
unnati
l
n. progress, rise,
138
advancement,
improvement, prosperity,
elevation
unnatishil
ll
adj. progressive
unnayak
l44
n. uplifter, reformer, leader
unnayan
4
n. uplift, development
unnu

v.t. to wreath, to thread, to
string, to pass a thread
through a needle
unsathi
ll
num. fifty-nine, 59
unta

n. camel
untis
l
num. twenty-nine, 29
upabhog
l
n. enjoyment
upabhokta
l
n. consumer, user
upacar
l
n. remedy, medical treatment,
care
upadesh

n. instruction, counsel, lesson
upadhi
llu
n. title, attribute, designation,
status
upahar
l
n. present, gift
upaj

n. crop, produce, product
upakhyan
l4l
n. legend, tale, episode (of a
narration); proverb, sying
upakram

n. plan, programme,
preparations, beginning,
preamble, preface
upalabdha
u
adj. gained, felt, acquired,
attained, available
upalabdhi
ul
n. achievement,
accomplishment
upalakshya
4
n. sign, implication, ourpose,
occasion
upama
l
n. comparison, simile,
likeness
upanisad
ll
n. Upanishads (the
theological part of the
vedas)
upanisadvadi
ll4ll
n. (someone who is following
the teachings of the
Upanishads)
upansanhar
l
n. conclusion, summary
upanyas
4l
n. novel
139
upar

postp. above, over, for
uparastrapati
ll
n. vice-president
uparna
l
n. scarf, shawl
upasabhapati
ll
n. vice-chairman [of a
meeting, organization or
party]
upasthiti
l"l
n. presence, attendance
upatya
4
n. valley
upa-usnakatibandhi
"l4ldul
adj. subtropical
upayog
4l
n. use, utilization, application
upayogita
4lll
n. usefulness, utility
upayukta
4
adj. proper, suitable,
appropriate
upeksha
ll
n. slight, indignity, neglect,
disregard, contempt, scorn
upekshit
ll
adj. neglected, ignored,
discarded, disregarded
uphranu

v.i. to jump, to leap
upiyan
l4l
n. flea
uralnu
l
v.t. to instigate, to incite
urlanu

v.i. to surge up, to rise up, to
come in waves; to become
angry
usa
ll
n. dawn, daybreak
usinnu
l
v.t. to boil while cooking
uso
l
adj. like that, such
uta
l
adv. there, thither
utarnu
l
v.t. to cause to get off, to cause
to descend, to help to
descend, to take off
(clothes)
uthal-puthal
" "
n. overturning, change
uthaunu
l
v.t. to wake up, to rouse, to
cause to rise
uthnu

v.i. to get up, to stand up, to
stand
uti
l
adv. that much
utnikher
lR
adv. meanwhile, at that time
utpadan
l
n. production
utpatti
l
n. origin, production
140
utpidak
l4
n. oppressor
utpidit
ll
n. oppression, persecution,
harassment
utpidit varga
ll 4
n. oppressed class
utranu

v.i. to get off, to descend, to
float, to rise out of, to rise
above
utrinu
l
v.i. to get off, to come down, to
descend
utsaha
l
n. enthusiasm, excitement
utsav
4
n. entertainment, festival,
celebration, festivity
utsukta
4l
n. enthusiasm, excitement
uttam

adj. supreme, best
uttano
ll
adj. flat on one's back
uttar

n. answer, reply; north
uttaradhikari
llu4ll
n. heir, successor, inheritor
uttardayi
l4l
adj. responsible, answerable,
accountable
uttejit
l
adj. excited, quickened
utthan
"l
n. upliftment; progress,
emancipation
vacan
4
n. speech, utterance, talk
vad
4l
n. theory, dispute, controversy
vaicarik
4ll4
adj. ideological
vaidhanik
4ull4
adj. constitutional, according to
the constitution
vaishakh
4lR
n. first month of the Nepali
year [April-May]
vajracarya
4ll4
n. Vajracharya, Bajracharya,
a tantric guru, a Buddhist
priest
vaktavya
44
n. speech, statement, topic
vampanthi
4l"l
n./adj. leftist
van biralo
4 ldll
n. wild cat
van upabhokta
samuha
4 ll
n. forest users group
vanbhoja
4ll
n. picknick
vanijya
4ll"l4
n. trade, commerce, business
vanko dhan
44l ul
n. forest resources
141
vansha
4
n. clan, pedigree, dynasty,
lineage, birth, family, tribe,
generation
vardan
4l
n. boon
varga
4
n. class, kind, series, row
varga mil
4 l
n. square mile
vargahin
4l
adj. classless
vargahin samaj
4l l
n. classless society
varipari
4ll
adv. all round, round about, on
all sides
varnan
4"l
n. description, narration,
encomium
varsa
4l
n. year
varsa
4ll
n. rains, rainy season,
monsoon
varta
4ll
n. discourse, account,
conversation, topic, talk,
dialogue
vartalap
4lll
n. dialogue, conversation,
talk, discourse
vartaman
4l
adj. current, existing, modern,
current time, present time
vasanta
4
n. spring
vasi
4ll
n. inhabitant, dweller
vastavik
4ll44
adj. in reality, essential,
genuine, true, virtual
vastavikta
4ll44l
n. reality, truth
vastu
4
n. thing, item, substance,
article, property; cattle
vastutah
4:
adv. in reality
vatavaran
4ll4"l
n. condition, surrounding,
environment,
circumstances, situation
veda
4
n. Veda
vela
4l
n. time
veshya
44l
n. prostitute, whore, harlot
vibhag
l4l
n. section, part, department
vibhagiya
l4ll4
adj. departmental, related to the
department
vibhajan
l4l
n. section, part, department
vibhinna
l4l
adj. various, diverse, different
kinds of
142
vicalan
l4
n. departure, deviation,
moving about,
unsteadiness
vicar
l4l
n. consideration, observation,
notion, idea, judgement
videsh
l4
n. foreign country
videshi
l4l
n. foreigner
videshi sahayata
l4l l4l
n. foreign aid
vidhan
l4ul
n. legislation, act, law,
ordinance, regulation, rule
vidheyak
l4u44
n. bill [in a legislature]
vidhi
l4lu
n. method, procedure, law,
rule, prescript
vidhipurvak
l4lu44
adv. duly, methodically,
systematically
vidhivat
l4lu4
adv. duly, methodically,
systematically, in
conformity with rules, as
prescribed by law
vidit
l4l
adj. known, understood,
acquainted
vidroha
l4l
n. revolt, rebellion, mutiny,
treason
vidvan
l4Tl
n./adj. scholar; learned, wise
vidya
l4l
n. knowledge, learning,
attainment
vidyabhyas
l4l+4l
n. study, habit of study,
practice of learning
vidyalaya
l4l4
n. school, college, academy,
seminary
vidyarambha
l4l
n. initiation into one's studies
with religious solemnities,
the beginning of reading an
writing
vidyarthi
l4l"l
n. student
vidyarthi gatividhi
l4l"l ll4lu
n. student movement
vidyashram
l4l
n. boarding school
vidyut
l4
n. electricity
vigat
l4
adj. past, gone away
vighatan
l4
n. break up, dissolution,
destruction
vigyan
l4l
n. acquired knowledge,
conscience, wisdom,
understanding, science
143
vihina
l4l
postp. devoid of, deprived of,
destitute of
vihinata
l4ll
n. missing, non-existence
vijaya
l44
n. victory, triumph, conquest
vijaya
l44l
n. the goddess Durga, the
Durga Puja festival
vijaya dashami
l44l l
n. the Dashara festival, the
Dasain festival
vijayi
l44l
n./adj. victor, conqueror,
vanquisher; victorious,
triumphant
vijeta
l4l
n. conqueror, victor, one who
has achieved victory
vikas
l44l
n. development, expansion,
evolution
vikasit
l44ll
adj. developed
vikasit
l44l
adj. developed
vikat
l44
adj. dreadful, difficult, hideous
vikendrikaran
l44l4"l
n. decentralization
vikhandan
l4R"
n. fission, breaking up,
splitting up, fragmentation
vikhandit
l4Rl"
adj. divided, separated, split up,
cut off, broken
vikriti
l44l
n. deformation, defilement,
mutilation, defect
vilas
l4l
n. luxury, enjoyment,
luxurious life, sensuous
pleasure, pleasure with the
opposite sex
vilayat
l4l4
n. foreign land, foreign
country, Europe, England
viman
l4l
n. airplane, airship
vimansthal
l4l"
n. airfield, airstrip
vinash
l4l
n. destruction, ruin, disaster,
loss
vipanna
l4
adj. distressed, afflicted, fallen
into calamity, in a critical
state
viparit
l4l
adj. opposit, contrary, reverse,
adverse, hostile
viphal
l4
adj. fruitless, useless,
unsuccessful
vir
4l
adj. brave, courageous, heroic,
gallant
144
viraha
l4
n. separation, parting,
estrangement; loss
virodh
l4lu
n. dissension, discrepancy,
hostility, discord, objection,
antagonism
viruddha
l4
postp. against, opposed, opposite,
contrary, adverse, hostile
visakta
l4ll
adj. toxic, poisonous,
venomous, vituperative
visalu
l4ll
adj. toxic, poisonous,
venomous, vituperative
visaya
l4l4
n. subject, topic, article
visaya-kram
l4l4
n. contents, table of contents
visayantar
l4l4l
n. an outside subject, another
topic
visayapravesh
l4l44
n. introduction, preface,
foreword, preliminary
visaya-pravesh
l4l4 4
n. introduction
visayavastu
l4l44
n. subject matter, something
discussed
vishal
l4l
adj. big, very big, gigantic,
extensive, large, palatiol,
huge, great
vishes
l4l
adv. extraordinary, unusual,
special, distinguished,
famous
vishes adalat
l4l l
n. special court
vishes nam
l4l l
n. proper name
vishesagya
l4l
n. expert
vishesan
l4l"l
n. adjective
vishesya
l44
n. substantive; a noun with an
adjective qualifying it
vishista
l4l
adj. conspicuous, remarkable,
important, distinguished,
extraordinary
vishva
l44
n. universe, the whole world
vishvas
l44l
n. belief, trust, faith, reliance,
confidence, assurance
vishvasniya
l44l4
adj. trustworthy, reliable,
creditable
vishvasniyata
l44l4l
n. trustworthiness, reliability,
creditability
vishvaspatra
l44ll
n. reliable person, confidant
vishvavidyalaya
l44l4l4
n. university
145
vishvayuddha
l444
n. world war
viskambhak
l444
n. interlude (in a drama)
vismayadibodhak
l44lldlu4
n. interjection
visphot
l4l
n. outburst, explosion,
eruption; smallpox
visphotak
l4l4
adj. explosive
vistar
l4l
n. extension, expansion,
extent; spread
vistarit
l4ll
adj. expanded, enlarged
vivad
l44l
n. discussion, debate,
dispute, altercation,
quarrel, controvercy
vivaha
l44l
n. marriage, wedding,
matrimony
vivaran
l44"l
n. description, account,
statement
vivash
l44
adj. dependent, helpless,
subjected
vividh
l4l4u
adj. different, diverse, various,
miscellaneous
vividhta
l4l4ul
n. diversity, variety, variation
vriddha
4
adj. old, aged, advanced in
years, mature; ancient
vriddhavastha
4l4"l
n. old age
vriddhi
4l
n. progress, increase,
increment, rise, growth,
enlargement
vrihaspativar
4l4l
n. Thursday
vriksha
4l
n. tree
vriksharopan
4lll"l
n. tree plantation
vrisadeva
4l4
n. Vrishadeva [name of a
Licchavi king, great-
grandfather of Manadeva I]
vyakhya
4l4l
n. explanation
vyakhyan
4l4l
n. speech, lecture,
explanation, exposition
vyakta
4
adj. clear, discernible,
expressed, stated,
mentioned
vyakti
4l
n. person, individual,
manifestation
vyaktigat
4l
adj. personal, individual
vyaktitva
4l4
n. personality, individuality,
146
self
vyaktivacak nam
4l4l4 l
n. proper name, proper noun
vyangya
47
n. sarcasm, irony, innuendo
vyangya-citra
47l
n. cartoon
vyapar
4ll
n. business, trade, profession,
occupation, industry
vyapta
4l
adj. diffused, pervaded,
occupied, overcast,
scattered, flush
vyatha
4"l
n. pain, suffering, misery,
distress, injury, ache
vyavahar
44l
n. behaviour, conduct,
manner, treatement
vyavasay
44l4
n. undertaking, occupation,
employment; engagement,
business
vyavastha
44"l
n. system, method, regulation,
management, settlement,
systematization, form
vyavasthapan
44"l
n. organizing, systematizing
vyavasthapika
44"ll4l
n. legislative
vyavasthapit
44"ll
adj. established, systematized,
managed
vyavasthit
44l"
adj. systematic, methodical, in
order
yadyapi
4l
conj. although, though, even, if,
however, notwithstanding
yagya
4
n. religious sacrifice, oblation
yahan
4l
adv. here, at this place, hither
yahi
4l
pron. this very
yahi nai
4l
pron. this and no other
yas karan
4 4l"l
so, because of this
yas kramma
4 l
for this reason, so
yasaigari
4l
adv. consequently, therefor, so
yashasvi
44l
adj. renowned, reputed,
glorious
yashogan
4ll
n. eulogy, singing of praises
yasmadhye
44
adv. by that, in this
yaso
4l
adj. like this, such
yasogari
4ll
adv. consequently, therefor, so
yasto
4l
pron. like this, of the same kind
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yasto andhyaroma
4l 4ll
comp. in such darkness
yata
4l
adv. here, at this place, hither
yatauta
4ll
adv. hither an thither, here and
there, in all directions
yatayat
4ll4l
n. transportation, traffic
yathavat
4"l4
adv. in situ, intact, as before
yati
4l
adv. this much, thus much, so
much
yatiko
4l4l
adv. so much
yatra
4ll
n. trip, voyage
yatri
4ll
n. traveller, pilgrim, tourist
yatro
4l
pron. so great, so big
yauvan
4l4
n. youth, adolescence,
manhood, puberty
yayavar
4l4l4
n. nomad, wanderer
yog
4l
n. joining, junction,
combination, union,
coupling; relationship,
connection
yogadan
4ll
n. cooperation, help,
assistance, contribution
yogaphal
4l
n. the sum total
yogyata
tl4l
n. power, strength, talent
yojana
4ll
n. planning
yug
4
n. epoch, era, age
yugoslabhiya
4lll4l
n. Yugoslavia
yurop
4l
n. Europe
yuropeli
4ll
adj. European
yuva
44l
n. youth
yuvati
44l
n. young woman, youthful
woman
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