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