Nepali

See also: nepali and nepáli

English

Etymology

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English Nepal

English -i

English Nepali

From Nepal + -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈpɔːli/, /nəˈpɑːli/

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Adjective

Nepali (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: Nepalese

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Derived terms

• Nepaliness

Translations

pertaining to Nepal

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• Albanian: Nepalese
• Arabic: نِيبَالِيّ (nēpāliyy), نِيبَالِيّ (nībāliyy)
• Asturian: nepalés (ast)
• Bulgarian: непалски (nepalski)
• Catalan: nepalès (ca)

  Valencian: nepalés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼泊尔的

• Czech: nepálský (cs)
• Danish: nepalesisk
• Dutch: Nepalees (nl)
• Estonian: nepal
• Finnish: nepalilainen (fi)
• French: népalais (fr)
• German: nepalesisch (de)
• Hindi: नेपाली (hi) (nepālī)
• Hungarian: nepáli (hu)
• Icelandic: nepalskur
• Irish: Neipealach
• Japanese: ネパールの (Nepāru no) (adnominal)
• Latvian: Nepālas, nepāliešu
• Lithuanian: Nepalo (lt), nepalų (lt)
• Marathi: नेपाळी (nepāḷī)
• Nepali: नेपाली (ne) (nepālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nepalsk

  Nynorsk: nepalsk (nn)

• Polish: nepalski (pl)
• Portuguese: nepalês (pt)
• Romanian: nepalez (ro)
• Russian: непа́льский (ru) (nepálʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нѐпа̄лскӣ

  Latin: nèpālskī (sh)

• Slovak: nepálsky (sk)
• Slovene: nepalski (sl)
• Spanish: nepalés (es)
• Swedish: nepalesisk (sv)
• Tamil: நேபாளிய (nēpāḷiya)
• Ukrainian: непа́льський (nepálʹsʹkyj)

Noun

Nepali (plural Nepalis)

1. A person from Nepal or of Nepali descent.

   Synonym: Nepalese

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• Albanian: Nepalisht
• Arabic: نِيبَالِيّ m (nēpāliyy), نِيبَالِيَّة f (nēpāliyya), نِيبَالِيّ m (nībāliyy), نِيبَالِيَّة f (nībāliyya)
• Asturian: nepalés (ast) m, nepalesa (ast) f
• Bulgarian: непалец m (nepalec), непалка f (nepalka)
• Catalan: nepalès (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f

  Valencian: nepalés (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼泊爾人 / 尼泊尔人 (zh) (Níbó'ěr-rén)

• Czech: Nepálec (cs) m, Nepálka (cs) f
• Danish: nepales
• Dutch: Nepalees (nl) m, Nepalese (nl) f
• Esperanto: nepalano (man or woman), nepalanino (woman)
• Estonian: nepallane
• Finnish: nepalilainen (fi)
• French: Népalais (fr) m, Népalaise (fr) f
• German: Nepalese (de) m, Nepalesin (de) f
• Hindi: नेपाली (hi) m or f (nepālī)
• Hungarian: nepáli (hu)
• Icelandic: Nepali m
• Irish: Neipealach m
• Italian: nepalese (it)
• Japanese: ネパール人 (ja) (Nepāru-jin)
• Latvian: nepālietis m, nepāliete f
• Lithuanian: nepalietis (lt) m, nepalietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Непалец m (Nepalec)
• Marathi: नेपाळी (nepāḷī)
• Nepali: नेपाली (ne) (nepālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nepaler m

  Nynorsk: nepalar (nn) m

• Polish: Nepalczyk (pl) m, Nepalka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nepalês (pt) m
• Romanian: nepalez (ro) m, nepaleză (ro) f
• Russian: непа́лец (ru) m (nepálec), непа́лка (ru) f (nepálka)
• Slovak: Nepálec m, Nepálka f
• Slovene: Nepalec m, Nepalka f
• Spanish: nepalés (es) m
• Swedish: nepales (sv)
• Tamil: நேபாளியார் (nēpāḷiyār)
• Tibetan: བལ་པོ (bal po)
• Turkish: Nepalli (tr)

Proper noun

Nepali

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

   Synonym: Nepalese

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• Albanian: Nepalese
• Arabic: , اللُّغَة النِّيبَالِيَّة f (al-luḡa n-nēpāliyya), النِّيبَالِيَّة (an-nēpāliyya), اللُّغَة النِّيبَالِيَّة f (al-luḡa n-nībāliyya), النِّيبَالِيَّة f (an-nībāliyya)
• Armenian: նեպալերեն (nepaleren), նեպալի (hy) (nepali)
• Asturian: nepalés (ast)
• Basque: nepalera (eu)
• Bulgarian: непалски (nepalski)
• Catalan: nepalès (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f

  Valencian: nepalés (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼泊爾語 / 尼泊尔语 (zh) (Níbó'ěryǔ)

• Czech: nepálština
• Danish: nepalesisk
• Dutch: Nepalees (nl) n
• Estonian: nepali
• Finnish: nepali (fi)
• French: népalais (fr) m
• Galician: nepalés (gl) m
• German: Nepalesisch (de) n, Nepali (de) n
• Greek: νεπαλική (el) (nepalikí)
• Hindi: नेपाली (hi) f (nepālī), गोरखाली (hi) f (gorkhālī)
• Hungarian: nepáli (hu)
• Icelandic: nepalska (is) f
• Irish: Neipeailis f
• Japanese: ネパール語 (ja) (Nepāru-go)
• Latvian: nepāliešu valoda f, nepāliešu
• Lithuanian: nepalų (lt), nepalų kuoda
• Marathi: नेपाळी (nepāḷī)
• Navajo: Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii Dineʼé bizaad
• Nepali: नेपाली (ne) (nepālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nepalsk m, nepali (no) m

  Nynorsk: nepalsk (nn) m, nepali m

• Polish: nepalski (pl) m
• Portuguese: nepalês (pt) m, nepali (pt) m
• Romanian: nepaleză (ro) f
• Russian: непа́льский (ru) m (nepálʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нѐпа̄лскӣ m

  Latin: nèpālskī (sh) m

• Slovak: nepálčina (sk)
• Slovene: nepalščina (sl)
• Spanish: nepalés (es) m
• Swedish: nepali (sv)
• Tamil: நேபாளி (nēpāḷi)
• Tibetan: བལ་སྐད (bal skad)
• Turkish: Nepalce (tr)
• Zazaki: Nepalki (diq) m

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nepali terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ne, ISO 639-3 code nep (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Nepali, nep ⁠

Anagrams

• Pinela, Alpine, alpine, Épinal, penial, Lapine, pineal, apelin, plaine

Icelandic

Noun

Nepali m (genitive singular Nepala, nominative plural Nepalar or Nepalir)

1. Nepali (person from Nepal)

Declension

Declension of Nepali (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Nepali	Nepalinn	Nepalar, Nepalir	Nepalarnir, Nepalirnir
accusative	Nepala	Nepalann	Nepala, Nepali	Nepalana, Nepalina
dative	Nepala	Nepalanum	Nepölum	Nepölunum
genitive	Nepala	Nepalans	Nepala	Nepalanna