Nepali

Nepali

See also: nepali and nepáli

English

Etymology

From Nepal +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈpɔːli/, /nəˈpɑːli/

Adjective

Nepali (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: Nepalese

Translations

pertaining to Nepal

Albanian: Nepalese Bulgarian: непалски (nepalski) Catalan: nepalès (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f Valencian: nepalés (ca) m, nepalesa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 尼泊尔的 Czech: nepálský (cs) Danish: nepalesisk Dutch: Nepalees (nl) Estonian: nepal Finnish: nepalilainen (fi) French: népalais (fr) m, népalaise (fr) f German: nepalesisch (de) Hindi: नेपाली (hi) (nepālī), नैपाली (hi) (naipālī) 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) m Portuguese: nepalês (pt) m Romanian: nepalez (ro) Russian: непа́льский (ru) (nepálʹskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: нѐпа̄лскӣ Roman: nèpālskī (sh) Slovak: nepálsky (sk) Slovene: nepalski (sl) Spanish: nepalés (es) Swedish: nepalesisk (sv)

Noun

Nepali (plural Nepalis)

1. a person from Nepal or of Nepali descent

   Synonym: Nepalese

Translations

person

Albanian: Nepalisht Arabic: نِيبَالِيّ‎ m (nibāliyy), نِيبَالِيَّة‎ f (nibāliyya) 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) (nepālī), नैपाली (hi) (naipālī) Hungarian: nepáli (hu) Icelandic: Nepali m Irish: Neipealach m Italian: nepalese (it) Japanese: ネパール人 (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) 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

Albanian: Nepalese Arabic: نِيبَالِيَّة‎ f (nibāliyya) Armenian: նեպալերեն (nepaleren), նեպալի (hy) (nepali) 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) (nepālī), गोरखाली (hi) f (gorkhālī), नैपाली (hi) f (naipālī) 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 Roman: nèpālskī (sh) m Slovak: nepálčina (sk) Slovene: nepalščina (sl) Spanish: nepalés (es) m Swedish: nepali (sv) Tibetan: བལ་སྐད (bal skad) Turkish: Nepalce (tr)

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

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

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Icelandic

Noun

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

1. Nepali (person from Nepal)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.