राम्रो

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-

Sanskrit रम् (ram)

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Sanskrit -य (-ya)

Sanskrit रम्य (ramya)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ramma)

Nepali राम्रो (rāmro)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ramma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-); from Sanskrit रम्य (ramyà). By folk etymology, related to राम (rām, “Rama”, Hindu diety).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rämro]
• Phonetic Devanagari: राम्रो

Adjective

राम्रो • (rāmro)

1. good, fine, nice

   Antonyms: नराम्रो (narāmro), खराब (kharāb)

2. beautiful, attractive

Declension

Declension of राम्रो
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	राम्रो [rämro]	राम्रा [rämrä]		राम्री [rämri]	राम्रा [rämrä]

Further reading

• “राम्रो”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “राम्रो”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ramyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press