नेपाल

See also: नैपाली and नेपाली

Eastern Tamang

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl), from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla), perhaps from Classical Newar [Term?].

Proper noun

नेपाल (transliteration needed)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

   Synonym: नैपाल (naipāl)

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /neː.pɑːl/, [neː.päːl]

Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāl) m (Urdu spelling نیپال)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of नेपाल (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	नेपाल nepāl
oblique	नेपाल nepāl
vocative	नेपाल nepāl

Derived terms

• नेपाली (nepālī)

See also

countries in Asia: एशिया के देश (eśiyā ke deś) (appendix)edit

• अफ़्ग़ानिस्तान (afġānistān)
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• आर्मीनिया (ārmīniyā)
• इंडोनेशिया (iṇḍoneśiyā)
• इराक़ (irāq)
• इस्राइल (isrāil)
• ईरान (īrān)
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• क़तर (qatar)
• किर्गिज़स्तान (kirgizastān)
• कुवैत (kuvait)
• चीन (cīn)
• जापान (jāpān)
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• तुर्की (turkī)
• थाईलैंड (thāīlaiṇḍ)
• दक्षिण कोरिया (dakṣiṇ koriyā)
• नेपाल (nepāl)
• पाकिस्तान (pākistān)
• पूर्वी तिमोर (pūrvī timor)
• फ़िलिस्तीन (filistīn)
• फ़िलीपींस (filīpī̃s)
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• साइप्रस (sāipras)
• सिंगापुर (siṅgāpur)
• सीरिया (sīriyā)

Nepali

नेपाल

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nepäl]
• Phonetic Devanagari: नेपाल्

• Audio:

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Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāl)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of नेपाल
	Singular
nominative	नेपाल [nepäl]
accusative	नेपाललाई [nepälläi]
instrumental/ergative	नेपालले [nepälle]
dative	नेपाललाई [nepälläi]
ablative	नेपालबाट [nepälloʈʌ]
genitive	नेपालको [nepälko]
locative	नेपालमा [nepälmä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Descendants

• → English: Nepal

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নেপাল (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬾᬧᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• নেপাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰸𑰢𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀧𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• နေပါလ (Burmese script)
• નેપાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੇਪਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍇𑌪𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦺꦥꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂵𑂣𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ನೇಪಾಲ (Kannada script)
• នេបាល (Khmer script)
• ເນປາລ (Lao script)
• നേപാല (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡝᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘹𑘢𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠧᢒᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧚𑧂𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ନେପାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢾꢦꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆼𑆥𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖸𑖢𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• නෙපාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩔𑩰𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚲𑚞𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• நேபால (Tamil script)
• నేపాల (Telugu script)
• เนปาล (Thai script)
• ནེ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒹𑒣𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨄𑨞𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Sometimes explained as a Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀮 (ṇevāla), compare Newar नेवाः (newā:, “Newar”). Others regard the Sanskrit form as older. Perhaps ultimately of Sino-Tibetan origin. More on Wikipedia.

Popular etymologies derive it from compounds like ने (ne, “a chief”) +‎ पाल (pāla, “protector”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪eː.pɑː.l̪ɐ/

Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāla) stem, m

1. Nepal (an ancient kingdom in South Asia, roughly coextensive with modern Nepal)
2. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)
3. the Nepalese

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेपाल

	singular
nominative	नेपालः (nepālaḥ)
accusative	नेपालम् (nepālam)
instrumental	नेपालेन (nepālena)
dative	नेपालाय (nepālāya)
ablative	नेपालात् (nepālāt)
genitive	नेपालस्य (nepālasya)
locative	नेपाले (nepāle)
vocative	नेपाल (nepāla)

Descendants

• → Bengali: নেপাল (nepal)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नेपाल (nepāl)

  Urdu: نیپال (nepāl)

  • → Arabic: نِيبَال (nēpāl, nībāl)
  • → Dari: نیپَال (nēpāl)
  • → Pashto: نیپال

• → Nepali: नेपाल (nepāl)
  • → English: Nepal
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਪਾਲ (nepāl)

  Shahmukhi script: نیپال (nepāl)

• → Sindhi: نيپال

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नेपाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.