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Wordwater पानीThe everyday word for water in any form — drinking water, rain, a river.Wordbeautiful सुन्दरBeautiful in the sense of striking or lovely. Slightly elevated — common in writing, songs and compliments.Wordlove मायाLove and affection in the broad sense — for a partner, a child, a friend, a place.Wordfriend साथीFriend. Used for any gender and any degree of closeness.Wordthank you धन्यवादThank you. Polite and slightly formal.Wordhello नमस्तेThe standard greeting, used for both hello and goodbye, at any time of day.Wordfamily परिवारFamily — usually the household, and often the extended family.Wordschool विद्यालयSchool. The formal term, used on signboards, certificates and in official writing.Wordbook किताबBook. The everyday word, borrowed originally from Persian through Hindi.Wordfood खानाFood, and by extension a meal. खाना खानु means to eat.Wordhappy खुसीHappy, pleased, glad. Works as both an adjective and a noun for happiness.Wordwork कामWork, a job, or a task. One of the most-used nouns in the language.Wordmoney पैसाMoney in general, and historically the coin worth one hundredth of a rupee.Wordtime समयTime as a general concept, and also the right moment for something.Wordhome घरHouse and home together — Nepali does not split the two the way English does.Wordhealth स्वास्थ्यHealth. Formal Sanskrit-derived term used across medicine and government.

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Queries arrive in three different forms and all of them have to work. Devanagari is matched directly. Romanized Nepali is folded first — diacritics stripped, doubled vowels collapsed — so pāni, paani and pani are treated as the same string. English is matched against the headword and the gloss.

If nothing matches exactly, the search falls back to edit distance, with a tolerance that scales to the length of what you typed. Short queries are not fuzzed at all, because at three letters almost everything is one edit from everything else.

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