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

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: непа́льський (nepálʹsʹkyj)

Noun

Nepali (plural Nepalis)

1. a person from Nepal or of Nepali descent

   Synonym: Nepalese

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• 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

• Afrikaans: Nepalees (af)
• 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)
• Zazaki: Nepalki (diq) m

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

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.