Teaching Truth in Nepali through English

Teaching Truth in Nepali

Nepali Dictionary

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Last updated 22 July, 2019

INTRODUCTION

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LIST OF CONTENTS [Go to Top]

1 – Word List

2 – Pronunciation and Romanized Script

3 – Alphabet

4 – Message from the Author

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1 – WORD LIST

अ
अँ	ã	yes
अँग्रेज	ãgrej	English
अँग्रेजी	ãgrejī	English (language)
अँध्यारो	ãdḫyāro	darkness; dark
अकस्मात	akasmāt	suddenly
अकालै	akālê	untimely
अक्षर	akṣar	letter of the alphabet
अखबार	akḫ-bār	newspaper
अगुवा	aguvā	guide; usher; director
अग्निभेटी	agnibḫeṭī	burnt offering
अग्लो	aglo	high; tall
अघाड़ी	agḫāṛī	before; in front of
अघि	agḫi	before; ago
अङ्खोरा	aṅ`kḫorā	metal beaker; jug
अङ्गभङ्ग	aṅ`gabḫaṅ`ga	maimed
अङ्गुर	aṅ`gur	grape; grapes; vine
अङ्गुर बगान	aṅ`gur bagān	vineyard
अचार	acār	pickle
अझ पनि	ajḫa pani	even now; still; yet
अञ्चल	añcal	zone
अटाउनु	aṭāunu	to fit within a place
अढाई	aṛḫāī	2½
अति	ati	much; great; high amount of
अथवा	atḫavā	or
अदुवा	aduwā	ginger
अधि	adḫi	before; ago
अधिकारी	adḫikārī	authorized person; official; possessor
अधिकुत	adḫikut	official
अधीनमा	adḫīn-mā	subjected; in subjection
अध्ययन	adḫyayan	study; examination
अध्याय	adḫyāy	chapter
अनन्त	ananta	unending; everlasting; eternal
अनि	ani	and; as well; then; moreover
अनिकाल	anikāl	famine
अनिखेरी	anikḫerī	and then
अनुचित	anucit	improper; inappropriate
अनुभव	anubḫav	feeling; experience
अनुमति	anumati	permission
अनुवार	anuwār	face
अनुशासन	anuśāsan	discipline
अनुसार	anusār	according to; in accordance with
अनुहार	anuhār	face
अनेक	anek	various; numerous
अनौठो	anôṭḫo	odd; strange
अन्त	anta	end
अन्तस्करण	antaskaraṇ	conscience
अन्तिम	antim	ending; last; final
अन्धा	andḫā	blind; visually impaired
अन्धाधुन्ध	andḫāgḫundḫa	blindly; aimlessly; at random; all over the place
अपढ	apaṛḫ	illiterate
अपराध	aparādḫ	offense; crime
अपुग्दो	apugdo	deficient
अप्ठ्यारो	apṭḫyāro	awkward; difficult
अफिस	apḫis	office
अब	aba	now, starting now
अबेर	aber	lateness; delay; late
अबेला	abelā	late; delayed
अभाव	abḫāv	absence; lack
अभ्यास	abḫyās	habit; practice
अभ्यास गर्नु	abḫyās garnu	to practise
अमेरिकाली	amerikālī	American
अम्बा	ambā	guava
अम्रीकन	amrīkan	American
अरू	arū	more; other
अर्को	arko	another; next
अर्थ	artḫa	meaning
अलखा	alakḫā	coat; cloak
अलग	alag	separate
अलपत्र	alapatra	untidy
अलि	ali	fairly; rather; quite
अलिक	alika	slightly
अलिकति	alikati	a bit of; some; a small amount of
अलिपछि	alipacḫi	a little later
अल्गो	algo	tall; high
अल्छी	alcḫī	lazy
अवश्य	avaśya	surely; certainly
अशुद्ध	aśuddḫa	unclean
असङ्ख्य	asaṅkḫya	innumerable; numerous
असफल	asapḫal	unsuccessful
असम्भव	asambhav	impossible
असल	asal	irreprehensible; with good character
असाध्यै	asādḫyê	extremely
असुबिधा	asubidḫā	disadvantage; inconvenience
अस्ति	asti	day before yesterday; in the previous week; last week
अस्तित्व	astitva	existence
अस्तित्वविहीन	astitva-vihīn	nonexistent
अस्पताल	aspatāl	hospital
अहँ	ahã	no (opposite of yes)
अहिले	ahile	now
अहिलेसम्म	ahilesamma	yet; until now
अह्राउनु	ahrāunu	to command; to order
आ
आँखा	ā͂ka	eye
आँगन	ā͂gan	courtyard, durbar
आँप	ā͂p	mango
आँसु	ā͂su	tear; tears; eyewater
आइतवार	āitavār	Sunday
आइपुग्नु	āipugnu	to arrive
आइमाई; (आइमे)	āimāi; (āime)	woman
आउनु	āunu	to come
आकाँक्षा	ākā͂kṣā	ambition
आकाश	ākāś	sky
आखिर	ākḫir	finally; in the end
आगो	āgo	fire; blaze
आघायो	āghāyo	full up!
आघाउनु	āghāunu	eat (to eat to satisfaction)
आज	āja	today
आजकाल	ājakāl	nowadays
आठ	āṭḫ	eight
आठौं	āṭḫỗ	eighth
आत्मा	ātmā	self; (often wrongly said to be soul or spirit)
आदर गर्नु	ādar garnu	to honour; to respect
आधा	ādḫā	half
आफू	āpḫū	oneself; yourself, etc.
आफै	āpḫê	oneself indeed
आफ्नो	āpḫno	own; one’s own; your own
आमा	āmā	mother
आराम	ārām	comfortable; well
आरामै	ārāmê	in very good health
आराम गर्नु	ārām garnu	to relax; to rest
आलु	ālu	potato
आवश्यक	āvaśyak	important; necessary
आशा	āśā	hope
आशिष्	āśiṣ`	blessing
इ
इच्छा	iccḫā	wish; desire
इतिहास	itihās	history
इनाम	inām	gift; reward
इनार	inār	well (to draw water)
इनीहरू	inīharū	they (M)
इमान	īmān	honesty
इस्लामी	islāmī	Islamic
ई
ईश्वर	īśvar	God; (sometimes problematically used for: ‘the Lord’)
उ
उँधो	ũdḫo	down; downwards
उँभो	ũbḫo	up; upwards
उकालो	ukālo	steep; uphill
उखान	ukḫān	proverb
उचाइ	ucai	height
उच्चारण	uccāraṇ	pronunciation
उठाउनु	uṭḫāunu	raise (to raise); to lift up; to get someone up
उठ्नु	uṭḫ`nu	to get up; to rise
उड्नु	uḍ`nu	to fly
उतराउनु	utarāunu	jump (to jump down)
उता	utā	there; yonder; over there
उत्तर	uttar	north; answer
उत्रो	utro	that big; so big
उदास	udās	anxiety
उदासीन	udāsīn	anxious
उदाहरण	udāharaṇ	example
उद्धार	uddḫār	saving; salvation; rescue
उनी	unī	he (M) / she (M)
उनीहरू	unīharū	they
उपत्यका	upatyakā	valley
उपन्यास	upanyās	novel
उपहार	upahār	present; gift
उपहास	upahās	ridicule
उपाय	upāy	way; means
उभिनु	ubḫinu	stand (to stand)
उभिरहेको	ubḫiraheko	standing
उम्कनु	umkanu	overtake (to overtake)
उम्माल्नु	ummālnu	boil (to cause to boil)
उमेर	umera	age
उम्कनु	umkanu	escape (to escape)
उम्रनु	umranu	grow (to grow); to sprout; to spring up
उम्लनु	umlanu	boil (to reach boiling)
उसरी	usarī	in that way; in that manner; thus
उसो	uso	so; in that form
उस्को	usko	his (L)
उहाँ	uhā͂	he / she (H) generally
ऊ
ऊ	ū	he / she (L)
ऊता	ūtā	thither
ऋ
ऋटु	ŗṭu	season
ऋण (रिन)	ŗṇ (rin)	debt; loan
ऋण लिनु	ŗṇ linu	borrow (to borrow); to take a loan
ऋण दिनु	ŗṇ dinu	lend (to lend); to give a loan
ए
ए	e	I get your point; hey
एउटा	euṭā	a; one (To emphasize the number one, use ‘ek’)
एउटै	euṭê	one and the same
एक	ek	one (in number)
एक जना	ek janā	one person; one (person)
एक वटा	ek vaṭā	one (thing or animal)
एकछिन	ek-cḫin	briefly; a moment
एकदम	ekadam	extremely; very much
एकदमै	ekadamê	absolutely
एकमात्र	ekamātra	only; one and only;
एक्लै	eklê	alone
एता	etā	hither
एत्रो	etro	this big; so big
एल्डर	elḍar	elder (in a congregation)
ऐ
ओ
ओछ्यान	ocḫyān	bedding
ओरालो	orālo	steep downhill
ओर्लनु	orlanu	descend (to descend); to go down
ओर्लाउनु	orlāunu	lower (to lower); to descend
औ
औंला	ỗlā	finger; toe
औषधि; दवाई	ôṣadḫi; davāī	medicine
क
कक्षा	kakṣā	class
कङ्गाल	kaṅgāl	poverty
कङ्गाली	kaṅgālī	poor
कच्याङ; कुचुङ	kacyāṅ; kucuṅ	crumpled
कटाउनु	kaṭāunu	cut (to cause to cut)
कण्डक्टर	kaṇḍakṭar	conductor
कता?	katā?	whither? where?
कता-न-कता	katā-na-katā	somewhere or other
कति?	kati	how much? how many?
कतिजना?	katijanā?	how many persons?
कतिवटा?	kativaṭā?	how many things?
कतै	katê	anywhere
कत्रो?	katro?	how big?
कथा	katḫā	story
कन्या	kanyā	virgin (young woman)
कप	kap	cup
कपडा	kapaḍā	cloth
कपाल	kapāl	hair (head’s hair)
कफी	kapḫī	coffee
कब्जा (“कब्ज़ा”)	kabjā (“kabzā”)	capture
कम	kam	less; few; rarely
कमजोरी	kamjorī	weak
कमलाँग	kamalā͂	smashed
कमलपित्त	kamalapitta	jaundice
कमाउनु	kamāunu	earn (to earn); to save
कमिज	kamij	shirt; blouse
कमीला	kamīlā	ant
कम्ति	kamti	least
कम्तिमा	kamtimā	in the least; at least
कम्वल	kambal	blanket
कम्मर	kammar	waist
कराउनु	karāunu	shout (to shout); to make a noise loudly
करार	karār	covenant
कराहर	karāhar	promise
करीब	karīb	approximately; near; about (in quantity)
करोड	karoḍ	crore; ten million
कलम	kalam	pen
कलह	kalah	strife
कलिलो	kalilo	young
कलिलो डाँठ	kalilo ḍā͂ṭḫ	young, tender shoot
कल्पना गर्नु	kalpanā garnu	imagine (to imagine)
कविता	kavitā	poetry; poem
कसको?	kas-ko?	whose?
कसरी?	kasarī	how; in what way; in what manner?
कस्तो	kasto	how? in what form; like what?
कस्नु	kasnu	tighten (to tighten)
कहाँ?	kahā͂?	where?
-कहाँ	-kahā͂	in the presence of; at the home of
कहिले? (कैले?)	kahile? (kêle?)	when?
कहिलेकाहीँ	kahilekāhī͂	sometimes; occasionally
कहिल्यै	kahilyê	ever
कहिल्यै न	kahilyê na	never
कहिल्यै पनि	kahilyê pani	never
कहीं	kahī͂	somewhere; anywhere
कोंक्रो	kõkro	cucumber
काँटा	kā͂ṭā	fork
काँड़	kā͂ṛ	arrow
काँध	kā͂dḫa	shoulder
काउली	kāulī	cauliflower
काका	kākā	paternal uncle (younger)
कागज	kāgaj	paper
कागती	kāgatī	lime (a sour fruit)
काट्नु	kāṭ`nu	to cut; to kill; to lop
काठ	kāṭḫ	wood
काठ्माडौं	kāṭḫmāḍỗ	Kathmandu
कात्तिक; कार्त्तिक	kāttik; kārttik	month 7 of the Nepali year
कान	kān	ear
कान्छी	kāncḫī	girl (the youngest girl)
कान्छो	kāncḫo	boy (the youngest boy)
काम	kām	work
काम गर्नु	kām garnu	work (to work); to do work
कारण	kāraṇ	reason; cause; because
कार्यक्रम	kāryakram	programme
कालो	kālo	black
काहिंलो	kāhĩlo	fourth eldest
कि	ki	or
किताब	kitāb	book
किन?	kina?	why?
किनभने	kinabḫane	because (having said why)
किनमेल	kinamel	shopping
किनारा	kinārā	border; edge; rim; shore
किन्नु	kinnu	buy (to buy)
किलो	kilo	kilogramme
किसान	kisān	farmer
किसिम	kisim	sort; kind; type
कीरा	kīrā	insect; worm
कुकुर	kukur	dog
कुखुरा	kukḫurā	chicken
कुण्ड	kuṇḍa	pool; pond
कुन?	kun?	which?
कुना	kunā	corner
कुनचाहिं?	kun-cāhĩ?	which one?
कुन्नि	kunni	I do not know
कुम	kum	shoulder
कुमलुँग	kumalũg	smashed
कुर्सी	kursī	chair
कुरा	kurā	thing said; matter; talk
कुरा गर्नु	kurā garnu	talk (to talk); to discuss; to converse
कुरुवा	kuruwā	kuruwā (weighing about two mānās)
कुर्कुच्चा	kurkuccā	heel
कुर्नु	kurnu	wait (to wait)
कुवा	kuwā	well (for drawing water)
कुहिनु	kuhinu	rot away (to rot away)
कुहिनो	kuhino	elbow
कृपा	kŗpā	kindness; giving of favour
के?	ke?	what?
के …?	ke …?	whether …? Is it so that …?
केई न केई	keī na keī	something or other
केन्द्र	kendra	centre
केन्द्रीभूत	kendrībḫūt	focused; centred
केटा	keṭā	boy
केटाकाटी	keṭākeṭī	children
केटी	keṭī	girl
केरा	kerā	banana
केही	kehī	some; any; something
केही-न-केही	kehī-na-kehī	something or other; anything
कैले? कहिले?	kêle? kahile?	when?
को?	ko?	who?
को (-को)	ko (-ko)	of
को (-को लागि)	ko (-ko lāgi)	for; on behalf of
को लागि (-को लागि)	ko lāgi (-ko lāgi)	for; on behalf of
कोई न कोई	koī na koī	someone or other
कोट	koṭ	coat
कोठा	koṭḫā	room; chamber
को दाँजोमा	ko dā͂jomā	compared to; in comparison with
कोदो	kodo	millet
कोनी?	konī?	Who knows?
कोर	kor	enclosure
कोलाहल	kolāhal	noise (loud, chaotic); uproar
कोस	kos	kos (a distance of about two miles)
कोसिस	kosis	attempt; try
कोसिस गर्नु	kosis garnu	try (to try); to attempt
कोसेली	koselī	gift; present
कोही	kohī	some (some people); somebody
क्यामेरा	kyāmerā (~“kamerā”)	camera
क्यारे	kyāre	perhaps; I suppose; I guess
क्षमा	kṣamā	forgiveness; pardon
क्षमा गर्नु	kṣamā garnu	forgive (to forgive); to pardon
क्षेत्र	kṣetra	area; region; zone
ख
खजाना	kḫajānā	treasure; treasures
खडा (“खड़ा”)	kḫaḍā (“kḫaṛā”)	standing; erect; stood
खतम	kḫatam	end; finish
खतम गर्नु	kḫatam garnu	finish (to finish); to stop
खतम हुनु	kḫatam hunu	finished (to be finished); to be ended
खतरा	kḫatarā	danger
खतरनाक	kḫataranāk	dangerous
खपाखप खानु	kḫapākḫap kḫānu	gobble up (to gobble up)
खन्नु	kḫannu	dig (to dig)
खप्पर	kḫappar	skull
खबर	kḫabar	news; information
खबर पत्र	kḫabar patra	newspaper
खबर गर्नु	kḫabar garnu	inform (to inform)
खबरदार	kḫabar-dār	Beware! Be warned!
खमिर	kḫamirā	yeast; leaven
खर	kḫar	hay
खराब	kḫarāb	bad
खला	kḫolā	river
खल्ती	kḫaltī	pocket
खसाल्नु	kḫasālnu	drop (to drop; to post in a post box)
खसी	kḫasī	goat (gelded goat)
खस्नु	kḫasnu	fall (to fall); to fall dead
खाँचो	kḫā͂co	need; deficiency; importance; interest
खाँचो (मलाइ के खाँचो?)	kḫā͂co (malāī ke kḫā͂co?)	What is that to me?
खाइनु	kḫāinu	eaten (to be eaten)
खाजा	kḫājā	snack; small meal
खाट	kḫāṭ	bed
खातिर (…-को खातिर)	kḫātir (…-ko kḫātir)	account (on account of …); for the purpose of …; because of …
खाना	kḫānā	food
खानु	kḫānu	eat (to eat); to drink; to consume
खाने कुरा	kḫāne kurā	food; things to eat
खाली	kḫālī	empty
खाली	kḫālī	only; just
खाल्टो	kḫālṭo	hole
खास	kḫās	particular; special; real
खिच्नु	kḫicnu	pull (to pull); to snap a photograph
खिड़की	kḫiṛakḫī	window
खिल्ली	kḫillī	stick
खिल्ली उडाउनु	kḫillī uḍāunu	mock (to mock); to poke fun at
खुकुरी	kḫukurī	kukuri (a type of knife)
खुट्टा	kḫuṭṭā	foot; leg
खुब	kḫub	very; ever so; thoroughly
खुर्सानी	kḫursānī	chilli (pepper)
खुर	kḫur	hoof
खुला	kḫulā	opened; open; ajar
खुल्नु	kḫulnu	open (to become open)
खुवाउनु	kḫuwāunu	feed (to feed someone or something)
खुश	kḫuś	happiness
खुशी	kḫuśī	happiness; happy
खुशी पार्नु	kḫuśī pārnu	please (to please); to make happy
खेत	kḫet	field (usually watered field)
खेती	kḫetī	farming; cultivation; agriculture
खेतीपाती	kḫetīpātī	cultivation; farming; agriculture
खेल	kḫel	game
खेलनु	kḫelnu	play (to play a game)
खै	kḫê	Well! What’s it about?
खैरो	kḫêro	brown
खोइ	kḫoi	Well! What’s it about?
खोकी	kḫokī	cough
खोजी	kḫojī	hunt; search; examination
खोज्नु	kḫojnu	search (to search); to seek; to seek to (to try to)
खोपिल्टा	kḫopilṭā	socket; eyesocket
खोला	kḫolā	stream; river; brook
खोल्नु	kḫolnu	open (to open something)
खोल्सा	kḫolsā	valley
ग
गजब	gajab	amazement; wonder
गधा	gadḫā	donkey
गणित	gaṇit	mathematics
गनगन	gan-gan	complaint
गफ गर्नु	gapḫ garnu	converse (to converse); to chat
गमलाङ	gamalāṅ	swaying
गरम	garam	hot; warm
गनगन गर्नु	gan-gan garnu	complaint (to make a complaint); to complain
गराउनु	garāunu	cause (to cause); to make happen; to cause to be made or done
गरीब	garīb	poor
गर्नु	garnu	do (to do)
गर्मी	garmī	heat; summer
गर्भ	garbḫa	womb
गर्भवती	garbḫavatī	pregnant
गलत	galat	incorrect; wrong
गलती	galatī	error; wrongness; transgression
गह्रुँगो	gahrũgo	heavy
गाई	gāī	cow
गाइने	gāine	singer; minstrel
गाउँ	gāũ	village
गाउनु	gāunu	sing (to sing)
गाऊ	gāū	wound; injury
गाग्री	gāgrī	urn; pitcher
गाडी (“गाड़ी”)	gāḍī (“gāṛī”)	car; cart
गाली गर्नु	gālī garnu	criticize (to criticize); to mock; to tell off
गाह्रो	gāhro	hard; difficult
गीत	gīt	song
गुजु-मुजु	guju-muju	huddled together
गुनासो	gunāso	complaint
गुमलुङ	gumaluṅ	swaying
गुमाउनु	gumāunu	lose (to lose); to cease having; to surrender
गुरु	guru	teacher; guru
गैर-	gêr-	non-
गैलभाको	gêlabḫāko	wounded
गोजी	gojī	pocket
गोठा	goṭḫā	farmhouse
गोठालो	goṭḫālo	shepherd
गोरु	goru	bull
गोरो	goro	fair; pale; white-skinned
गोरखाली	gor-kḫālī	Gurkhali; Gurkha man
गोलभेंडा	gol-bḫễḍā	tomato
गोली	golī	ball
घ
घटना	gḫaṭanā	event; incident
घटाउनु	gḫaṭāunu	decrease (to decrease); to lower; to make less
घट्नु	gḫaṭnu	decrease (to decrease); to decline
घडी (/ “घड़ी”)	gḫaḍī (/ “gḫaṛī”)	clock; watch
घण्टा	gḫaṇṭā	bell; hour; …o’clock
घर	gḫar	house; home; room
घरपति	gḫar-pati	homeowner; landlord
घरमा; घरै	gḫar-mā; gḫarê	home (at home)
घरै; घरमा	gḫarê; gḫar-mā	home (at home)
घाँटी	gḫā͂ṭī	neck; throat
घाट	gḫāṭ	riverbank terraced steps
घाँस	gḫā͂s	grass
घाम	gḫām	sunshine
घिउ	gḫiu	ghiu; ghee
घुँडा	gḫũḍā	knee
घुँडा टेक्नु	gḫũḍā ṭeknu	kneel (to kneel); to bend the knee
घुमाउरो	gḫumāuro	indirect; roundabout manner
घुम्नु	gḫumnu	go around (to go around); to travel; to turn round; to walk about
घृणा	gḫŗnā	hatred; hate
घोच्नु	gḫocnu	strike (to strike); to beat; to hit
घोडा (घोड़ा)	gḫoḍā (gḫoṛā)	horse
घोरा	gḫorā	horse
ङ
च
चक्कु	cakku	knife
चढ्नु (चढ़्नु)	caḍḫ`nu (caṛḫ`nu)	mount (to mount); to climb; to board
चना	canā	chick pea
चन्द्रमा	candramā	moon
चम्चा	camcā	spoon
चरा	carā	bird
चराउनु	carāunu	feed (to lead to feed); to lead to graze; to put out to pasture
चर्को	carko	loud; hot; intense
चर्पी	carpī	lavatory
चलाउनु	calāunu	drive (to drive); to cause to move
चलाक	calāk	clever
चल्नु	calnu	function (to function); to work; to go; to operate
चल्ला	callā	bird (young bird)
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