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
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