Definition of Newari

1. Noun. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal.

Generic synonyms: Himalayish

Definition of Newari

1. Proper noun. A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepali, India and Bhutan by the Newa people, and the only Tibeto-Burman language written in Devanagari script. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newari

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New Zealand falcon
New Zealand honeysuckle
New Zealand mice
New Zealand mountain pine
New Zealand spinach
New Zealand spinaches
New Zealand white pine
New Zealand wine berry
New Zealand wren
New Zealander
New Zealanders
New Zealandism
New Zealandisms
New world goldfinch
Newari (current term)
Newark
Newburg sauce
Newburgh
Newbury
Newby
Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle Disease virus
Newcastle disease
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastleton
Newcomb
Newcomer's fixative
Newf

Literary usage of Newari

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal by Rājendralāla Mitra (1882)
"Character, Newari. Date, NE 92i. Appearance, old. Prose. Generally correct. A 3. (volume III.) Substance, Nepalese paper of a yellow colour, pasted double, ..."

2. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1844)
"It appears from a memoir by Mr. Hodgson, before cited, that this is the case with the Newari, the dialect of Proper Nepal, which is proved by a comparative ..."

3. Miscellaneous essays relating to Indian subjects [ed. by R. Rost]. by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1880)
"And it is hardly too much to say that the family identity of the two tongues (Newari and Tibetan) might be rested on it. It means in Newari "the four-housed ..."

4. Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson: British Resident at the Court of Nepal by William Wilson Hunter (1896)
"I.—Newari CHRONICLES. 1st. Of Raja Pratap Mall. 2nd. Of the Shepherd Kings (Gopal) of Nepal, ... Chronicles of the Kings of Nepal, Newari, ..."

5. Selections from the Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India by J. J. Higginbotham (1875)
"Many of the above names are intercommunicate between the several persons to whom they are here appropriated. Buddha is a Sanscrit word, not Newari: the ..."

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