Adjacent Words

Nepali definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn: Nepalese, Nepali] n
1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali]
2: the official state language of Nepal

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural Nepali; also Nepalis) Etymology: Hindi naip?l? of Nepal, from Sanskrit naip?l?ya, from Nep?la Nepal Date: circa 1885 1. a native or inhabitant of Nepal 2. an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal • Nepali adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. same or Nepalis) 1 a a native or national of Nepal in Central Asia. b a person of Nepali descent. 2 the language of Nepal. --adj. of or relating to Nepal or its language or people.