नेपाल
Eastern Tamang
Etymology
Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl), borrowed from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla), perhaps from Classical Newar [Term?].
Proper noun
नेपाल (transliteration needed)
Hindi
Pronunciation
Proper noun
नेपाल • (nepāl) m (Urdu spelling نیپال)
Nepali
Proper noun
Sanskrit
Etymology
Sometimes explained as an artificial Sanskritization of Prakrit Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., compare Newar नेवाः (newā:, “Newar”). Others regard the Sanskrit form as older. Perhaps ultimately of Sino-Tibetan origin.
Popular etymologies derive it from compounds like ने (ne, “a chief”) + पाल (pāla, “cherishing”).
Proper noun
नेपाल • (nepāla) stem, m
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- Eastern Tamang terms derived from Sanskrit
- Eastern Tamang terms derived from Classical Newar
- Eastern Tamang lemmas
- Eastern Tamang proper nouns
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi proper nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Prakrit languages
- Sanskrit terms derived from Sino-Tibetan languages
- Sanskrit compound terms
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit proper nouns
- Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit masculine nouns
- sa:Countries in Asia