नेपाल

See also: नैपाली and नेपाली

Eastern Tamang

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl), from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla), perhaps from Classical Newar [Term?].

Proper noun

नेपाल (transliteration needed)

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /neː.pɑːl/, [neː.päːl]

Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāl) m (Urdu spelling نیپال)

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)
Synonym: नैपाल (naipāl)

Declension

Declension of *नेपाल* (sg-only masc cons-stem)
	singular
direct	नेपाल nepāl
oblique	नेपाल nepāl
vocative	नेपाल nepāl

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nepäl]
Phonetic Devanagari: नेपाल्
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāl)

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of नेपाल
	Singular
nominative	नेपाल [nepäl]
accusative	नेपाललाई [nepälläi]
instrumental/ergative	नेपालले [nepälle]
dative	नेपाललाई [nepälläi]
ablative	नेपालबाट [nepälloʈʌ]
genitive	नेपालको [nepälko]
locative	नेपालमा [nepälmä]

Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Descendants

→ English: Nepal

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নেপাল (Assamese script)
ᬦᬾᬧᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
নেপাল (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰸𑰢𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑁂𑀧𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
နေပါလ (Burmese script)
નેપાલ (Gujarati script)
ਨੇਪਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑍇𑌪𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦺꦥꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂵𑂣𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ನೇಪಾಲ (Kannada script)
នេបាល (Khmer script)
ເນປາລ (Lao script)
നേപാല (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡝᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘹𑘢𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠨᠧᢒᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧚𑧂𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
ନେପାଲ (Odia script)
ꢥꢾꢦꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆼𑆥𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖸𑖢𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
නෙපාල (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩔𑩰𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚲𑚞𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
நேபால (Tamil script)
నేపాల (Telugu script)
เนปาล (Thai script)
ནེ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒹𑒣𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨄𑨞𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Sometimes explained as a Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀮 (ṇevāla), compare Newar नेवाः (newā:, “Newar”). Others regard the Sanskrit form as older. Perhaps ultimately of Sino-Tibetan origin. More on Wikipedia.

Popular etymologies derive it from compounds like ने (ne, “a chief”) +‎ पाल (pāla, “protector”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪eː.pɑː.l̪ɐ/

Proper noun

नेपाल • (nepāla) stem, m

Nepal (an ancient kingdom in South Asia, roughly coextensive with modern Nepal)
Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)
the Nepalese

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेपाल
	singular
nominative	नेपालः (nepālaḥ)
accusative	नेपालम् (nepālam)
instrumental	नेपालेन (nepālena)
dative	नेपालाय (nepālāya)
ablative	नेपालात् (nepālāt)
genitive	नेपालस्य (nepālasya)
locative	नेपाले (nepāle)
vocative	नेपाल (nepāla)

Descendants

→ Bengali: নেপাল (nepal)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: नेपाल (nepāl)
Urdu: نیپال (nepāl)
- → Arabic: نِيبَال (nēpāl, nībāl)
- → Dari: نیپَال (nēpāl)
- → Pashto: نیپال
→ Nepali: नेपाल (nepāl)
- → English: Nepal
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਪਾਲ (nepāl)

Shahmukhi script: نیپال (nepāl)
→ Sindhi: نيپال

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नेपाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.