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Nepali Dictionary

Each entry gives the Devanagari spelling, romanized pronunciation, the alternatives a native speaker would actually choose between, and example sentences in both languages.

All words

EnglishNepaliRomanizedType
waterपानीpāninoun
beautifulसुन्दरsundaradjective
loveमायाmāyānoun
friendसाथीsāthīnoun
thank youधन्यवादdhanyabādphrase
helloनमस्तेnamastephrase
familyपरिवारpariwārnoun
schoolविद्यालयvidyālayanoun
bookकिताबkitābnoun
foodखानाkhānānoun
happyखुसीkhusīadjective
workकामkāmnoun
moneyपैसाpaisānoun
timeसमयsamayanoun
homeघरgharnoun
healthस्वास्थ्यswāsthyanoun

How these entries are written

Most bilingual word lists give a single equivalent and stop. That is where they mislead, because the useful information is usually in the choice between near-synonyms: whether a word belongs in speech or on a form, whether it sounds warm or stiff, whether a native speaker would ever say it out loud.

Every entry here carries that context, plus a note on the grammar or usage point the word tends to expose. Nothing is machine-generated.

To write any of these words yourself, use the type Nepali in English letters; to understand the letters they are built from, read learn the Devanagari letters. You can also search the dictionary by English word, Devanagari or romanized spelling — typos are fine.

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