Lexic.us

Definition of Nepali

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture. "The different Nepali words for `rice'"

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

3. Noun. The official state language of Nepal.

Definition of Nepali

1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepali people or the Nepali language. ¹

2. Noun. A person from Nepal or of Nepali descent. ¹

3. Proper noun. An Indo-Aryan language used primarily by the people of Nepal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepali

Neosho River Neospora canium Neosporin Neotestudina rosati Neotoma Neotoma cinerea Neotoma floridana Neotoma fuscipes Neotropic Neozoic

Nepal Nepal trumpet flower Nepalese Nepalese monetary unit Nepalese rupee Nepali (current term) Nepaulese Nepenthaceae Nepeta cataria Nepeta hederaceae

Nephelium Nephelium lappaceum Nephelium litchi Nephelium longana Nephelium mutabile Nephilim Nephite Nephrolepis Nephrolepis exaltata Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniensis

Literary usage of Nepali

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

1. Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion by Ernest Binfield Havell (1905)
"... TO Nepali GHAT The European traveller generally makes first acquaintance with the ghats of the river at Dasa- ..."

2. Nepal by Susanne von der Heide (2000)
"... Nepali is the official language of the hot tato country and is understood by 90 percent cold chiso of the population. English is understood please ..."

3. Picturesque India: A Handbook for European Travellers by William Sproston Caine (1891)
"The printing press publishes Hindi and Bhutia schoolbooks, Nepali ... The Bible is being done into Nepali. The whole of the New Testament has been ..."

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