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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.
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Nepal, Nepal
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Specialized synonyms: Gurkha
Derivative terms: Nepalese
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
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 ..."