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NEPALI-ENGLISH & ENGLISH-NEPALI GLOSSARY Shambhu Oja Banu Oja Mark Turin Elisabeth Uphoff second edition South Asia Program Cornell University June 2004

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Page 1: Nepali-English, English-Nepali Glossary

NEPALI-ENGLISH

&

ENGLISH-NEPALI GLOSSARY

Shambhu Oja Banu Oja

Mark Turin Elisabeth Uphoff

second edition

South Asia Program Cornell University

June 2004

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Introduction to the Second Edition The Nepali language is spoken by around 20 million people in the Kingdom of Nepal, where it is the national and official language. About 11 million of these speakers use Nepali as a mother tongue. Outside of Nepal, Nepali is also spoken in north-east India and in much of Bhutan. On account of its widespread use in the states of West Bengal (particularly in the district of Darjeeling) and Sikkim, the Indian Constitution recognizes Nepali as a major language of India. While Dzongkha is the national language of Bhutan, Nepali is widely spoken by many of its citizens and used as a lingua franca across the country. In short, Nepali is a major regional language used in numerous South Asian countries. Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language, and thus part of a linguistic grouping which includes other South Asian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati. Modern Indo-Aryan languages are related to Sanskrit, much as modern European languages are related to Latin. Nepali is written in the Devanâgarî (or ‘Nagari’) script, which is also used for Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit. Nepali Devanâgarî has 12 vowels and 36 consonants. The script is essentially phonetic, meaning that the pronunciation closely resembles the written form. The script is written from left to right, with a top line indicating the word boundaries. This volume is made up of two discrete glossaries, first Nepali-English and thereafter English-Nepali. While similar, the lexical corpora which make up the two glossaries are actually quite distinct. The Nepali-English Glossary closely follows the content of Shambhu and Banu Oja’s Nepali Beginner’s Primer, and the lesson number in which a word is first used is given in the penultimate column. This 51-page glossary is organised according to the Nepali alphabetic order. The English-Nepali Glossary does not map directly onto the content of the lessons in the primer, but rather provides an extensive corpus of terms which Cornell’s Nepali language instructors have been asked to translate over the years. The content of this glossary reflects the interests of generations of Cornell students who have studied anthropology, ecology, economics, politics and sociology in Nepal and through Nepali. Shambhu Oja, Department of Asian Studies Mark Turin, Digital Himalaya Project Cornell University, Ithaca, New York June 2004 Acknowledgements to the Second Edition The production of the second edition of this Nepali-English and English-Nepali Glossary has relied on the generous support of many individuals. First and foremost, without the financial and administrative support of the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University, and specifically Professor Edward M. Gunn, Ann VanDeMark and Kim Steber, this revised and reworked glossary would never have seen the light of day. We are grateful for your trust and help. Second, the Nepali Unicode font team at Madan Puraskâr Pustakâlaya in Kathmandu have been a pleasure to work with. In particular, we would like to thank Amar Gurung and Pawan Chitrakar. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to members of the Cornell community, in particular to Anne Stengle and Durga Bor at the South Asia Program for their help with the printing, Professor Kathryn March for her unflagging support and Sara Shneiderman for her careful editorial eye. Thanks to Ajay Rai of Wandering Spirits for the front cover photo. Needless to say, any remaining errors or typographical lapses are our responsibility.

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Introduction to the First Edition The Nepali language program at Cornell faces several challenges that are likely to characterize similar programs elsewhere. The number of students taking Nepali changes every year, each student has a different level of ability and there is a scarcity of published Nepali texts and dictionaries. Most importantly, most Nepali language students have specific but widely diverse fields of interest. Some students come from the Peace Corps, some come after study or travel abroad, and increasingly some come from Nepalese-American families. This means that they have very different language backgrounds and very different reasons for wanting to learn Nepali. Some want to work in development on irrigation or healthcare; others want to do PhD research on questions of religious change or women’s issues; others simply want to be able to talk to older members of their families.

It has been our goal at Cornell to teach not only basic skills in spoken and written Nepali but to try to make our students linguistically competent in their chosen fields of specialization as well. Because of the difficulties in locating texts and reference books to suit all their varying needs, we have tried to create new kinds of instructional materials for Nepali which could:

(a) teach increasingly complex grammatical structures (b) tailor additional vocabulary and dialogues to individual students’ professional

directions (c) wherever possible utilize material from Nepalese school books, folk stories,

literature, songs, proverbs, Radio Nepal/Nepal TV, taped conversations, or other sources not created solely for the classroom

We began the Nepali Computer Project in 1988 with support between 1988 and 1992

from the Northeast Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, Cornell South Asia Program, and the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics. Our objective has been to develop an integrated system to provide Nepali language instructors with flexible teaching materials that can be readily adapted to suit their students’ varying numbers, abilities, and wide range of interests. For this reason we chose a computer-based system because it offered the flexibility of organization and presentation that we needed.

At present, the project consists of a Beginners’ Primer, a Beginning Reader, an Intermediate Reader, and this Glossary which has been compiled from the vocabulary contained in the other materials using a computer database. All of the words in this glossary are coded by subject and by the chapter or story in which they are first introduced, so that it would be possible to print out specific vocabulary lists according to topic of interest and/or level of study.

It has been a long and informative voyage from our first days, trying to produce new materials for each level of students. These volumes represent the effort not only of the language instructors and their main assistants, but also the cumulative questions, problems, and needs of students in Nepali language classes at Cornell for almost ten years. We hope that these volumes, and those that will follow, will continue to serve them in all of their diverse needs.

Professor Kathryn March Department of Anthropology Cornell University Ithaca, New York 1992

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Acknowledgements to the First Edition The Nepali Computer Project at Cornell owes thanks to many people. First, of course, is the Cornell South Asia Program which is making this publication possible and which has backed the Nepali language offerings at Cornell since 1984. We would like to thank the Northeast Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning for their financial support of this project. The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Cornell, too, provided invaluable support both in the basic support of the Nepali language program and in the person of Ann VanDeMark, without whose administrative savvy any of this work would have been unthinkable. Professor James Gair’s Sinhala glossary provided an important early model and inspiration for our efforts. And Professor Kathryn March was ever behind the project with constant advocacy and support. But above all, we are indebted to all the students through the years of Nepali teaching at Cornell who have read, revised, and added to this work. And of those students we are especially grateful for the special assistance of Christopher Scott and Bhushan Tuladar.

We are glad to be able to offer this printed version of our Nepali language materials. However, please bear in mind that this is a first edition and may contain spelling or other errors. We would deeply appreciate feedback both on technical and methodological presentation so that we can make the second edition better. Banu Oja, Shambhu Oja, Elisabeth Uphoff Ithaca, New York 1992 Technical Notes Work on the first edition of this glossary started in 1988 using an early Apple Macintosh computer, a database package called FileMaker+ and the Kånchi NR Devanagari font. The glossary was subsequently published in 1992. The second edition was prepared in May 2004 by Shambhu Oja and Mark Turin, using the Nepali Unicode environment devised by the Madan Puraskâr Pustakâlaya library in Kathmandu, Nepal. The original glossary was retyped as a tabulated Microsoft Word document, checked and then sorted according to the Nepali and English alphabetical orders. We have used a Unicode Nepali font called Kalimati, which is freely downloadable from the Madan Puraskâr Pustakâlaya website along with the keyboard layout <www.mpp.org.np>. The updated version of this bilingual glossary is currently being formatted as a searchable database for online delivery. List of Abbreviations

an = anthropology (words dealing with kinship or religion)

ag = agriculture

g = general (basic glossary)

h = household (food, utensils, parts of houses)

p = politics

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Nepali - English Glossary

Nepali part English lesson subject

अंकमाल n hug g

अंमजीे adj English L-8 g

अंजल+ु n cupped hands - g

अ-यारोँ adj dark L-24 g

अ-यारोपनँ n darkness - g

अकःमात ् adv suddenly g

अ7र n letter (alphabet) - g

अखडा n arena, station, base - p

अखबार n newspaper L-28 g, p

अग<ुा n leader, guide - p

अगनोे n sitting place around a hearth h

अ=लो adj tall L-8 g

अिघ, अ@ग adv before, ago L-12 g

अA n number (numeral) L-23 g

अचCम adv surprise L-7 g

अचार n spicy pickle, chutney L-3 g, h

अचले adv these days, nowadays L-5 g

अझ adj more, yet L-24 g

अझै adv yet, still L-19 g

अF चल n zone L-17 p

अF चला@धस n Zone Commissioner - p

अI Jकन ु v to be stuck g

अत: conj therefore - g

अ@त adj very L-31 g

अ@तKरL adj additional, besides - g

अथ<ा, अथाNत ् conj or L-5 g

अदालत n court, court house - p

अ@धक adj exceeding, excess, more - p, g

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अ@धकार n authority, right, power - p

अ@धकार+ n an authority, official - p

अ@धराPय n kingdom - p

अधरोु adj incomplete, half-finished - p, g

अ-य7 n president, chairman (of a committee) - p

अ-यादशे n ordinance - p

अनाज n grain (wheat, corn, rice, etc) - ag

अनावJSृ n drought ag

अ@न adj then - g

अ@नकाल n famine - ag, p

अनकलु ू adj favorable, opportune, convenient - p, g

अनदानु n grant, subsidy - g, p

अनभवु n experience - p, g

अनभव गनNु ु v to experience, realize - p, g

अनमतीु n approval, permission - g, p

अनमानु n guess, estimate - g, p

अनमा@नतु ् adj estimated - g, p

अनWपु adj analogous, similar, resembling - g, p

अनरोधु n request - g, p

अनशासनु n directive, punishment, discipline, order L-13 g, p

अनसXधानु n research L-14 g

अनसारु adv according (to) L-31 g

अनसचीु ू n schedule, a list - g, p

अनौठो adj strange, odd, peculiar L-7 g

अXजान adj ignorant - g

अXतर n difference, gap, interval - p, g

अXतररा[ीय

adj international - p, g

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अXतररा[ीय

एकता

n international unity - p, g

अXतररा[ीय

काननु

n international law - p, g

अिXतम adj last, final L-23 g

अXदाज n guess - g

अXदाजी adv approximately L-3 g

अXध@बँ <ास n superstition - an

अपनाउन ु v to follow, observe - p, an

अ_` यारो adj uncomfortable, difficult L-24 g

अJफस n office L-26 g

अब adv now, now then L-9 g

अबँय adv certainly L-5 g

अबःथा n condition, situation g

अबरे adj late L-16 g

अ@मलो adj sour L-2 g

अमbयू adj precious g

अW adj other L-5 g

अकc adj next, another L-5 g

अथNशाd n economics L-8 p

अलग adj apart, separate - g, p

अ@लअ@ल adj a little (when the amount can't be measured)

- g

अ@लक@त adj a little (measurable) L-5 g

अbछf adj lazy L-7 g

अवगत गराउन् ु v to inform, notify - g

असमथN adj unable g

असर n result, effect - p

असल adj good, pure L-26 g

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असाधारण adj uncommon, unusual - g

असार n third month in the Nepali calendar L-17 g

अ@सना पनN ु v to hail (weather) L-13 g, ag

असी@मत ् adj unlimited - g

असोज n sixth month of the Nepali calendar L-17 g

अिःत n the day before yesterday - g

अिःतनै adv some time in the far past L-9 g

अःपताल n hospital L-15 g

अहँ adv no L-5 g

अJहले n now L-5 g

आखाँ n eye L-14 g

आगनँ n courtyard L-37 g

आग पनNँ ु ु v to have amoebic dysentery L-13 g

आइतबार n Sunday L-9 g

आईप=नु ु v to arrive L-26 g

आउन ु v to come L-1 g

आकाशबाणी (तार)

n telegram L-1 g

आगl adj next year L-30 g

आङ, Jप` यl n back (of a person) g

आचरण n conduct, behavior - g, p

आज n today L-4 g

आजकाल adv nowadays L-4 g

आजभोल+ adj nowadays L-4 g

आिnन ु v to be nervous, be worried g

आदशN n model, ideal - p, g

आदान-ूदान n exchange, giving and taking of things or ideas, correspondent

- p

आpद phr et cetera g

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आदशे n order, instruction - p

आधार n base, support L-33 g

आध@नकु adj modern - p, g

आनXद adj happy, joyful L-37 g

आफq n self (himself, herself, one�s self) L-24 g

आrनो adj one�s own L-2 g

आबँयक adj necessary, essential - g

आबँयकता n necessity - g

आबाज, आ<ाज n sound, noise g

आमदानी n income (general) - p

आमा n mother L-1 g, an

आय n income - p

आय ौोत n income source - p

आयःता n fixed income (from a tenant farming land)

- p

आरCभ n beginning - g, p

आराम गनN ु v to rest L-2 g

आरामपवNकु adv with ease, leisurely, comfortably g

आ@थNक adj financial, economic - p

आल ु n potato L-13 g, h

आशा n hope L-37 g

आश ्चयN adj amazed g

आसामी n debtor - p, g

ईtछा n wish, desire, aim, interest - g

ईPजत n prestige, honor, self-respect, status - p

ईिF ज@नयर n engineer - p, ag

ई@तहास n history - g, p

ईuयाpद adv et cetera - g

ईनार n water well - ag

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ईXि n God of Rain, King of Heaven (Hindu) an

ईXसाफ n justice, judgment - p

ईXसाफw adj just - p, g

ईमाXदार adj honest - g

ईरादा n intention - g

ईलाका n area, region - p, g

ईलाम n name of a district in eastern Nepal - p, g

ईःटमटे n estimate - g

उ pron he (singular familiar) L-4 g

उL adj the above (written, said) - g

उियन ु v to split, tear, unravel g

उचाई adj height L-8

उचाbन ु v to raise, lift, take up - g

उिचत ् adj appropriate - g

उजर ु (उजर+ु ) n compliant(s) - g

उPयालो adj light L-24 g

उzन ु v to stand up, get up L-1 g

उnर n north; reply L-16 g

उदाहरण n example - g

उदँये n goals, aims - g

उ{ोग n industry, enterprise, effort - g

उ{ोगधXधा n industry, enterprise, craft - g, p

उनी pron s/he, less formal than �wahaa�, more formal than �u�

L-8 g

उनीहW pron they (familiar) L-4 g

उX नती n progress, advancement - g, p

उX नत ् adj improved (i.e. improved wheat) - g

उपकार n favor, help, benevolence, welfare g

उपXयास n novel L-12 g

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उपयोग n use, utilization, usage - g

उपयोगी adj worth, fitting, suitable, useful - g

उपयोगीता n usefulness, utility - g

उपरोL adj above-said, mentioned - g

उपल|ध adj available, obtainable, attained - g

उप<ास बःन,ु ोत बःन ु

v to fast an

उपिःथत ् adj ready at hand, present - g

उपाय n means, method, plan - g

उपाय n means, way out, scheme g

उूाXत adv in the future, subsequently, hereafter, henceforth

- g

उृन ु v to jump g

उ|जनी, उ|जाउ n produce, crop, yield - g, ag

उ|जन ु v to come up, be produced, yield - g, ag

उ@ॄन ु v to be left over, be surplus - g

उमाbन ु v to boil L-14 g

उ@ॆन ु v to germinate, sprout, grow, spring up L-14 g

उbथा n translation - g

उःतै adj alike L-13 g

एउटै adj same L-13 g

एकता n unity, unanimity, oneness - p

एकदम adj absolutely, a lot, very, quite L-8 g

एकाई n unit (i.e. administrative unit) - p

एJककरण n unification - p

एकै adj same L-13 g

ए�लै adj alone L-7 g

एरोमाम, हवाई पऽ

n aerogram L-7 g

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Nepali part English lesson subject

ऐन n law, act - p

ओभानो n dry g

ओहो interj oh L-9 g

औजार n tools, equipment - p, ag

औधी adj very much - g

औलPवरो n malaria - p, an

औषधी n medicine - g

क7ा n class, grade in school - g, p

कछवाु n turtle -

कता adv where? (usually used for directions) L-16 g

क@त adv how much? L-1 g

कथा n story L-12 g

कXजसु n miser, stingy L-37 g

कपाल n hair L-14 g

कफw n coffee L-5 g, h

क|जा n control, possession; hinge - p

कमजोर adj weak L-13 g

कमसकमे adj at least L-24 g

कमाई n earnings - p

कमाउन ु v to earn - p

क@मज n shirt L-1 g

कर n tax, excise, duty - p

कर लगाउन ु v to tax, insist, force - p

कWण n sorrow, grief g

कजाN n debt - p

कतN|य n duties - p

कल n machine - p, ag

कलम n pen L-1 g

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Nepali part English lesson subject

कसर+ adv how? (by what means) L-4 g

कःको pron whose? L-1 g

कःतो adv how? (color, quality, shape) L-2 g

कJहले adv when? L-4 g

कJहलकाJहे ँ adv sometimes L-5 g

काँटा n fork L-18 g

काका n uncle (father�s brother) - g, an

काकw n aunt (father�s brother�s wife) - g, an

कागज n paper L-3 g

कागत n paper L-3 g

कागती n lime (fruit) L-2 g, h

काज n work, duty; button hole - p

काF जी हाउस n village corral where stray cattle are kept as penalty

- ag

का�न ु v to cut, chop L-34 g

कािnक n seventh month in the Nepal calendar L-17 g

कान n ear - g

कान पस�े adv two days after tomorrow L-9 g

कापा@लक ॄत n fast for Kali an

कापी n copy, notebook L-1 g

काम n work L-5 g

काम गनN ु v to work L-5 g

कामकाज n work, occupation, business - p

कायम adj established, settled - p

कारखाना n factory - p

कायN n activity, act, deed - p

कायNकताN n official, employee, staff member, worker - p

कायNबम n program, schedule L-19 g

कायNबाह+ n action - p

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Nepali part English lesson subject

कायN@बधी n procedure - p

कायाNX<यन गनN ु v to carry out, execute - p

कायाNलय n office L-26 g, p

कालो adj black L-3 g

कालो बजार n black market L-19 g, p

Jक conj or L-5 g

Jकताब n book L-1 g

Jकnा n division, section, item (of land) - p

Jकnानापी n cadastral survey - p

Jकन adv why? L-7 g

Jकनभने conj because L-5 g

JकX न ु v to buy L-6 g

Jकला n nail, stake - ag

Jकसान n farmer, peasant - ag, p

Jक@सम n kind, sort, type L-16 g

Jकःता n installment, pay - p, ag

कखराु ु n chicken L-37 g, ag

कचोु n broom L-24 g, h

क� नु ु v to run g

कनु pron which? L-3 g

कन कनु ु pron which? (plural) L-5 g

कनचाJहु ँ pron which one? L-3 g

कनु ै adj certain, some L-31 g

कX नीु phrase I don�t know (colloquial) - g

कराु n things, talk, chat L-16 g

करा गनNु ु v to talk, speak with L-2 g

कर+@तु n superstition (negative sense), bad custom - p, an

कनNु ु v to wait L-33 g

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Nepali part English lesson subject

कल रकमु n original capital (wealth) - p

कलदवताु े n family god, lineage deity an

कलोु n irrigation ditch - ag

कवाु n water-hole, shallow well - ag

कपयाृ adv please (formal) - g

कषीृ n agriculture L-8 a, ag

के pron what? L-1 g

कटाकट+े े n children (male and female) L-31 g

केXि n center - p

किXिये adj central - p

कराे n banana L-2 g, h

कJहे adj some (things) L-27 g

कचीै n scissors g

कJफयतै ् n remarks - p

कलोै adj grey L-3 g

को pron who? L-4 g

को बारमाे adv about L-24 g

कोट n coat L-23 g

कोटा n quota - p

कोठा n room L-3 g, h

कोश n unit of distance (two miles) - g

कोिशश n try, effort, endeavor L-23 g

कोJह adj some (people) L-27 g

बम n order, series - p

बमश adv in order, step by step, serially, respectively

- p

7ेऽ n area, constituency, region - p

7ेऽ-ॅमण n area tour, field trip - p

खटाउन ु v to appoint, depute - p

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ख�ड n part, section g

ख@त n loss, harm, damage - g

खnम हनु ु v to be finished (slang) L-12 g

खX न ु v to dig - ag, g

खबर n news L-27 g, p

खरदार n head clerk - p

खरानी n ash g

खराब adj bad L-26 g

खरायो n rabbit g

खर+द n purchase - g

खचN n expense - g

खचN गनN ु v to spend (money) - g

खचN हन सामानु े n consumable supplies - g

खसी n castrated goat L-34 g, ap

खःन ु v to slip, fall, be dropped L-28 g

खाजा n snack L-4 g, h

खाता n register book - p

खाना n food L-4 g, h

खान ु v to eat L-2 g

खान कराे ु n things to eat, edibles (food) L-27 g, h

खारज गनNे ु v to dismiss, abolish, expel - p

खाल+ adj empty, vacant L-32 g

खास adj special, actual, real - g

खासगर+ adv especially, actually - g

खसाNनीु n chili pepper (hot) L-2 g, h

खलाु adj open, frank L-17 g

खशीु adj pleased, happy L-7 g

खबू adj very, extremely L-13 g

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खते n field (irrigated) - ag

खतबार+े n cultivated property - ag

खतीपातीे n cultivation, farming - ag

खती<ाले n farmer - ag

खले n game L-10 g

खलकदे ु n sports, athletics - g

खलकद मदाने ु ै n playing fields - g

खbने ु v to play L-18 g

खरोै adj brown L-3 g

खोकw n cough L-7 g

खोPन ु v to look for L-37 g

खोर n cage L-37 g

खोbन ु v to open L-1 g

खोःन ु v to snatch L-24 g

गगटों , ग�टो n crab -

ग�डकw n name of a river in Nepal, also name of a zone

L-17 g

गत साल n last year - g

ग@त n speed, condition - g

गते n date (Nepali calendar) L-9 g

गX न ु v to count L-1 g

गफ गनN ु v to chat, gossip L-11 g

गर+ब adj poor L-35 g

गनN ु v to do L-1 g

गम� adj, n hot, summer L-7 g

गलqचा n carpet - h, g

गJहरो adj deep L-8 g

गहुँ n wheat - ag

गाँजा n marijuana L-17 g

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गाई जाऽा n festival honoring cows in Kathmandu L-32 g, an

गाई-बःत ु n cattle, livestock L-31 ag

गाउँ n village L-8 g

गाउन ु v to sing L-12 g

गाढा adj dark (color) L-3 g

गा@ल गनN ु v to scold, curse L-36 g

गा॑ो adj difficult L-7 g

गीत n song L-12 g

गणँु n quality - g

गणनु n multiplication L-15 g

ग_ तीु कराु n secret, confidential matter - g

गCनु ु v to lose, miss g

गWु n teacher L-2 g, p

ग@लयोु adj sweet L-2 g

गठfू n religious or cultural association, land owned by cultural association

- an

गमजू n arch, archway - g

गहृ-मXऽालय n Home Ministry - p

गqडा n rhinoceros L-6 g

गोठ n cow shed - ag

गो�न ु v to weed ag

मह n planet g

घटाउन ु v (tr.) to subtract, decrease, reduce, diminish something

L-15 g

घ�न ु v to be decreased, be reduced L-23 g

घडी n watch L-9 g

घ�टा n hour L-7 g

घ�ट+ n bell L-9 g

घम�ड n pride, arrogance, ego g

घर n house, home L-1 g, a

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घाँट+ n throat L-14 g

घाँस n grass, fodder L-3 g, ag

घाम n sun, sunlight L-24 g

िघःयाउन ु v to drag, pull g

घCनु ु v to travel, walk, revolve L-11 g

चब n wheel g

चटकw n magician an

च�न ु v to climb, ride - g

चXदा n donation - an, g

चCचा n spoon, yes-man, sycophant (slang) L-12 g, h

चरा n bird L-24 g, h

चराउन ु v to graze L-31 g, ag

चलन n custom, use, manner - g, an

चलाउन ु v to run, drive, stir, pick on someone L-16 g

चलाख adj clever, sharp or quick minded L-9 g

चलाखी n cleverness g

चलानी गनN ु v to dispatch, consign - p

चाँडै adj early L-13 g

चाँद+ n silver L-37 g

चाख ला=दो adj interesting L-8 g

चानचनेु, चानचनु n small change, ordinary, insignificant (slang)

g

चामल n rice (husked, uncooked) - g, ag, h

चालचलन n manner, behavior, conduct L-13 an, g

चालू adj running, functioning, outgoing - g

चाJहन ु v to be needed L-12 g

िचज n cheese - g, h

िच�ी n letter L-14 g

िचन n China L-31 g, p

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िचनी n sugar L-2 g, h

िचX न ु v to recognize, know, be acquainted with L-22 g

िचि_लन ु v to slip, slide L-23 g

िच_लो adj slippery L-23 g

िचया n tea L-3 g, h

िचयाउन ु v to peep, peer g

िचनN ु v to saw, chop L-37 g

िचसो adj cold (used for things) L-7 g

चीज, चीजबीज n things L-11 g

चनावु n election - p

चप ला=नु ु v to be quiet L-18 g

चपु-चाप बःन ु v to sit quietly, remain quiet L-26 g

चरोटु n cigarette L-6 g, h

चतै n twelfth month in Nepal calendar L-17 g

चोट+ n time L-26 g

चौतारा n a resting place under tree L-36

छनN ु v to sow (seeds), spread (things), scatter, broadcast grain

- ag

छाता n umbrella L-6 g

छाऽ n pupil - p

छाऽावास n student hostel - p

छानबीन n scrutiny, close examination - p

छाX न ु v to choose, select - p

छाप n official stamp, seal - p

छाला n skin, leather, animal hides - g, ag

@छटो adj fast L-9 g

@छण n moment L-9 g

छ�ीु n vacation, day off, break - g

छ� याु उन ु v to separate - g

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छर+ु n knife, dagger L-37 g

छउछाउे n vicinity, neighborhood, close at hand g

छोटो adj short (length) L-8 g

छो�न ु v to leave, quit, give up - g

� यास@मसे adj intermingled, made of many things - g

जगमग n sparkle g

जगर n mane, short stiff hair on an animal�s neck g

ज=गा n land - ag

ज�ल n jungle, forest L-34 g, ag

ज@त adv about, approximately L-26 g

जनकपरु n city in southern Nepal, also the name of a zone

- p

जनतXऽ n democracy, people�s rule - p

जनता n people, the people - p

जनस�यां n population - p

जनः<ाःथ n public health - p

जना suf suffix used for counting people L-3 g

जना<र n animal L-25 g, ag

जXत ु n animal L-25 g, ag

जXम n birth g

जबाफ n answer L-2 g

जमघट n gathering, meeting L-29 g, p

जमीन n land - ag

जमीXदार n landowner, usually one who employs tenant workers

- ag, p

जCमा adj total L-6 g

जCमा गनN ु v to collect, gather L-37 g

जWर+ adj important, urgent - g

जलचर n aquatic animals -

जल-ौोत n water resources -

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जलाधार n watershed -

जलाशय adj full of water -

जवान n youth, young man - g

जःतै, जःतो adj like, similar to L-13 g

जJहलप@ने adv whenever, at any time L-25 g

जाँच n test, exam, inspection - p, g

जाँtन ु v to examine, test L-30 g

जाइ ला=न ु v to attack g

जाडो adj cold (used only for weather) L-7 g

जाती adj good, well g

जादगरू n magician an

जानकार+ n information, knowledge - g

जान ु v to go L-1 g

जाX न ु v to know how, have a skill L-10 g

जापानी adj Japanese L-10 g

जाहाँकw conj whereas L-32 g

जाहरे adj apparent, manifest, noted, known, obvious

- p

िज�ासा n curiosity, inquest L-28 g

िजिXस n commodity, property - p

िजCमा, िजCमावार+

n responsibility, charge - p, g

िजbला n district L-26 g, p

जी@बका n livelihood g

जीवन n life L-25 g

जीव-@ब�ान n biology L-8 g, ag, p

जठोु adj impure (food) L-16 g

जnाु n shoe(s) L-1 g, h

जनपनीु adj whichever, any - g

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जCलाु n district in the Western part of Nepal L-16 g

जठे n second month in the Nepali calendar L-17 g

जहोसे ् phr in any case, anyway L-16 g

जोड n addition, sum; force, pressure; joint L-13 g

जो�न ु v to add, join L-15 g

जोu न ु v to plow - ag

जोमसोम n name of a town in northwestern Nepal - g

�ान n knowledge, wisdom - g

Pयाकटे n jacket L-23 g

Pयादा adj in excess, too much - g

Pयामी n day-laborer - p, ag

Pयो@तषी n astrologer an

झगडा n quarrel, lawsuit - g, p

झटपट adj fast, instantly, at once g

झ�डै adv almost L-10 g

झन-अःती adv one day before, the day before yesterday L-9 g

झbकन ु v to sparkle, glitter g

झाडी n bush L-34 g, ag

िझ�न ु v to take out L-37 g

िझ�ट+ n brick tile - ag

झपडीु n cottage, hut h

झठाू adj false g

झोला n bag L-1 g

झोल�े पलु ू n suspension bridge - ag, g

�याल खान n jail - p

�याल, !ाल n window L-1 g, h

टाउको n head L-14 g

Jटकट n ticket, stamp L-7 g

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Jटका n Tikaa, auspicious mark (frequently red) worn on the forehead

L-34 g, an

Jटका लगाउन ु v to wear a Tikaa L-34 g, an

टबाु n piece g

टKरःटु n tourist L-16 g

टबले ु n table L-1 g, h

टोप n Western-style hat L-3 h

टोJप n Nepali hat, cap L-3 h

टोल n ward (of a city or big town), street, for example Thamel Tol

- g

ठाउँ n place L-25 g

ठाX न ु v to assume g

ठाम n place g

pठक adj right, okay, correct L-7 g

ठलोू adj big L-8 g

ठ�ाे n contract, lease - g, p

ठगान गनNे ु v to make certain - g

ठोस adj actual, solid - g

डा�न ु v to call, summon, invite - g

डढे adj one and a half (measurement) L-31 g

डराे n apartment L-7 g

ढगं , ढ� n methods, manner, style - an, g

ढा�न ु v to cover, conceal, hide g

ढाड n backbone, spine g

Jढलो adj late, slow L-9 g

ढ�ाु n stone, rock L-19 g

ढोका n door, gate L-1 g, h

तछाडमछाडँ adj rush, jostle, keen competition -

तuकाल adv immediately, all at once - g

तuकाल+न adj contemporaneous, of that time, then - g

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तथा conj and (formal, literary) L-31 g

त�याA n statistics, census - g, p

तपाई pron you (formal) L-1 g

तर conj but L-5 g

तराई n Terai, the southern part of Nepal L-11 g, p

तकाNर+ n vegetable(s) L-3 g

तफN n side, towards - g

तलब n salary L-36 g, p

तला n floor, level (i.e. first, second, etc) - g

तलाउ n lake g

तसथN adv thus, therefore, on account of that - g

तह n layer, stratum, arrangement - g

ताकत n strength, energy - g

ताJकता n reminder, pressure - g

तातो adj hot (for things) L-7 g

तान ् n loom - h

ताX न ु v to pull L-37 g

ताप n heat L-24 g

ता_न ु v to bask, warm oneself g

तामा n bamboo shoot L-37 g, ag

तामले n finished, accomplishment, completion - g

तामल गनNे ु v to finish, complete, accomplish - g

ताKरख n date (Western calendar) L-9 g

ताल n lake, timing in music, rhythm L-10 g, ag

ताल+म n training L-17 g

@तनी pron she (singular familiar) L-8 g

@तमी pron you (familiar) - g

@तर suf about (time), towards (direction) L-4 g

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@तखाN adj thirsty L-7 g

@तहार n festival of brothers and sisters (in November)

L-30 g, an

ती adj, pron

those L-3 g

तWXतु ै adv immediately L-21 g

तसारोु n frost L-13 g, ag

तजे adj smart, bright L-25 g

तप@नै conj although, even though, even so L-26 g

तोJकएको काम n duty, assigned work - g

तो�न ु v to depute, appoint, decide, allocate - g

तोप n cannon - p

तोर+ n mustard - h, ag

तौल n weight - g

uय@तXजले prep until then L-30 g

uयतीका adj that much, so much L-10 g

uयसकारण adv therefore, for that reason L-5 g

uयसलै े adv that is why L-5 g

uयहाँ, uयाहाँ adv there L-3 g

uयो adj, pron

that L-1 g

ऽमा@सकै adv quarterly - g

थकाई n fatigue, exhaustion L-7 g

थप n addition, increment - g

थप� adv quietly, calmly g

थ_न ु v to give more, add more L-26 g

थ_पड n slap g

थकN मान हनु ु v to be trembling with fear g

था�न ु v to be tired, be exhausted g

थाbन ु v to start, begin L-37 g

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थाहा n knowledge L-5 g

थलोै n kind of Nepali bag L-31 g

थोक n things, type, kind L-29 g

दि7ण n south L-16 g

दफा n number of a section (in a document) - g, p

दयाल ु adj kind g

दरखाःत n petition, application - p

दराज n cupboard L-28 h, g

दताN n entry (in office accounts or registers) - p

दशNन n view, vision, appearance - an, p, g

दशNन गनN ु v to view, inspect, pay homage, ceremonially visit

- an, p, g

दशा n bad condition, state, bad days g

दशq n important Hindu festival, usually in October

L-30 g, an, p

दJह n yoghurt L-7 h

दाँPन ु v to compare - g

दाँत n teeth L-14 g

दाई n older brother L-2 g, an

दाउरा n firewood L-37 g, ag

दान n gift (religious), contribution - an

दाम n price, money - g

दाल भात n daal and rice (Nepali meal) L-3 g, h

दा॑+ n beard g

pदउसो n afternoon L-4 g

pद� adj bored L-7 g

pदद+ n older sister L-2 g, an

pदन n day L-5 g

pदन-pदनै adj, n daily L-12 g

pदन ु v to give L-1 g

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pदसा n diarrhea L-7 g

द:ुख n pain, grief, suffering, trouble L-7 g

द:ुखद adj painful, sad g

दधु n milk L-3 h

द@नयाु n society, public, people, the world, subject - p

दबैु adj, pron

both L-10 g

द|लोु adj weak, thin (for people and animals) L-13 g

दWःतु adj exact, accurate, correct - g

दSु adj cruel, wicked, immoral g

दखाउने ु v to show L-18 g

दखीे prep from L-1 g

द� ने ु v to see L-18 g

दबीे n Devi, a Hindu goddess L-34 g, an

दशे n country L-8 g, p

द@नकै adv daily - g

दोधारमा adj undecided, in a dilemma (literally: on two edges)

g

दोयाNउन ु v to repeat L-26 g

�ारा prep by, through (the agency of) - g

धnर+े interj oh no, whoops L-9 g

धनी adj rich L-336 g, p

धXयबाद n thank you L-13 g, p, an

धमN n religion, duty, virtue, justice L-31 g, p, an

धारण गनN ु v to possess, adopt -

धारा n water tap - ag, an, p

धWु-धW Wनु ु v to weep (bitterly) -

धरे ै adj very, many L-7 g

धरजसोे ै adv usually, mostly L-14 g

न�ल n copy, imitation - g, p

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न�ल+ adj artificial, counterfeit, not genuine, fake - g, p

न�शा n map L-15 p, ag, g

निजक adj, adv close by, nearby - g

नतीजा n result, effect, consequence L-27 g

नuथी adj attached, file (of papers) threaded together

- g

नद+ n river L-8 g, ag

नमनाु n example, sample, model - p, g

नॆ adj politely g

नयाँ adj new L-6 g

नरमाईलो adj unpleasant L-5 g

नराॆो adj not good, bad L-2 g

नल+ n pipe, tube, tobacco pipe - ag, h

नS n destruction g

नाईके n leader, chief, master, foreman - p

नाक n nose L-14 g

ना�न ु v to exceed, overcome, step over - p, g

नाtन ु v to dance L-12 g

नानी n term of affection (fem.), dear (for youngsters)

L-39 g

नाप n measurement - p, ag

नापी, नापजाँच n survey - p, ag

नाफा n profit - p, ag

नाम n name L-1 g

नाश n destruction, ruin, loss g

@नका@सहन ु ेसामान

n export commodities - p

@नकासी n exports - p

@नको हनु ु v to be cured, be healed L-12 g

@नि�लन ु v to come out L-30 g

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@नज pron self (himself, oneself, etc) - g

@नती n policy L-31 g, p

@नuय adv always - g

@नXिा adj sleepy L-7 g

@नपस� adv one day after, the day after tomorrow - g

@नCन @लिखत adj the following - g

@नयXऽण n control, restriction, limitation - p

@नयXऽण गनN ु v to control, restrict - p

@नयम n rule, principle (as distinguished from law)

- p

@नय@मत adj prescribed, assigned, regular - p

@नयLु adj appointed, designated - p

@नयL गनNु ु v to appoint - p

@नर adj near, close L-1 g

@नर+7क n inspector, supervisor - p

@नर+7ण n inspection, supervision, observation - p

@नणNय n decision - g, p

@नद�शक n director L-11 g, p

@नद�शन n guidance, direction, supervision - p

@नबाNचन n election - p

@नमाNण n construction - p, ag, g

@नमाNण गनN ु v to construct - p, ag, g

@नलो adj blue L-3 g

@नवदने n request, application - g, p

@नँ चय n sure knowledge, resolution, determination

- g

@निँ चत adj fixed, certain - g

@निँ चXत adj without doubt g

ननु n salt L-2 g, h

नहाउनु ु v to bathe L-7 g

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नताे n leader - p

न@ऽuवे n leadership - p

नोकर+ n service - p

नो�सान n loss, damage, harm - p, g, ag

Xयानो adj warm L-13 g

Xयाय n justice, law - p

Xयाया@धस n judge - p

पकाउन ु v to cook L-3 g, h

पछाKरन ु v to fall, be thrown down g

प@छ prep after, later, afterwards L-4 g

पF च-बJषNय योजना

n five year plan - p

पढाउन ु n to teach L-5 g, p

प�न ु v to read, study L-1 g, p

पnा लगाउन ु v to investigate, find out g

पऽ n letter - g

पऽप@ऽका, प@ऽका

n newspaper, magazine - g, p

पद<ी n rank, title, honor - p

प@न adv also L-2 g

पXजा n hand, glove (anything with five fingers) L-1 -

परदशे n abroad, a foreign country - p

पर<ाह n care, concern - g

पKरचय n acquaintance, introduction - g

पKरणाम n result, outcome - g

पKरवतNन n change, alteration - g

पKरष� n assembly, council, member of council - p

पKरिःथती n atmosphere, conditions, circumstances, situation

- g

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पर<ाे n pigeon g, ag

प@सN n the day after tomorrow L-4 g

पश ु n domestic animal - ag

पश-ुपालन n animal husbandry - ag

पसल n store, shop L-7 g

पहलोे adj yellow L-3 g

पाईन ु v to be available L-6 g

पाठ n lesson L-2 g, p

पाठो n kid (baby goat), sheep ag

पात n leaf L-3 g, ag

पानी n water L-3 g, ag

पानी लगाउन ु v to irrigate L-19 g, ag

पालन n support, maintenance, respect, nurture - g

पालन गनN ु v to support, maintain, obey, follow, respect, practice, nurture

- g

पालो n turn g

पाbन ु v to tame, domesticate, grow, raise ag

पाहाड n mountain L-8 g, ag

Jपउन ु v to drink L-6 g

Jपtछे suf each, every, individually - g

Jपठो n flour L-7 h

Jप` युं n back (of a person) -

Jपर n sadness, sorrow, worry L-7 g

Jपरो adj hot (spicy) L-2 g, h

पजीुं n capital (money) - p

पजीबादुं n capitalism - p

पजी<ालुं n capitalist - p

प�ु न ु v to wipe g

प�कु े n dwarf -

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पनु: adv again - g

परानोु adj old L-6 g

पWषु n man, male - g

पःतकु n book - g

पःतकालयु n library - g

पश गनNे ु v to submit - g

पँकwे , पशकwे n advance (money) - g

पोखरा n a city in western Nepal L-10 g

पोहर n last year - g

पौने adv quarter to, 3/4 L-9 g

_यािज adj purple L-3 g

ूकार n kind(s), sort(s) g

ूकािशत adj published - g

ूकतीृ n nature - g

ू�यात ् adj famous - g, p

ूगती n progress - p, g

ूचार n publicity - p

ूजा n people p

ू@तकयाृ n reaction - g

ू@त@न@ध n representative - g

ू@तयो@गता n competition - g

ू@तवा� n defense, reply (of a lawsuit), counter-agreement

- g, p

ूती n copy, number (of paper), towards (people only)

- g

ूuयके adj each L-34 g

ूदशNन गनN ु v to present, display - g

ूदशNनी n big fair, exhibition - g

ूदश�त गनN ु v to display, exhibit - g

ूदान n act of giving (a gift or donation) - g

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ूधान adj chief, prime, main - p

ूधान मXऽी n Prime Minister - p

ूभाव n influence, effect - g, p

ूभावकार+ adj influential - g, p

ूमखु adj chief, main - p

ूयu न गनN ु v to attempt, endeavor (formal) - g

ूयोग गनN ु v to use - g

ूवचन n speech, lecture - g

ूशसा गनNं ु v to praise, appreciate g

ूशःत adj plenty, sufficient, abundant, more than enough

- g

ूशासJकय adj administrative - p

ूशासन n administration - p

ूिश7ण n practical education or training - p

ूँ नाबल+ n questionnaire - p, ag, an

ूसार n extension (i.e. agricultural extension), spreading

- g

ूसती गहु ृ n maternity hospital - g

ूःताव n proposal - p, g

ूःतत गनNु ् ु v to present, show, exhibit, declare - g

ूःथान n departure, going away - g

ूःन n question L-2 g

ूाणी n living beings g

ूाणी Jव�ान n zoology L-3 g

ूाथ@मकता n priority - g

ूा� adj received, obtained, acquired - g

ूा@ब@धक adj technical - p, ag

ूा@ब@ध� n technician - p, ag

ूाय adv often L-5 g

ूाय गररे adv frequently, generally L-5 g

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ूाय जसो adv usually L-5 g

ूमे-वाताN n love-talk g

फकN न ु v to return L-10 g

फकाNउन ु v to send back, restore - g

फयाNक adj wide L-8 g

फलफलु n fruit L-6 g, h, ag

फलानो n so and so, such and such (person or things)

- g

फलाम n iron (metal) L-37 g

फांट n section, division, a wide open space of land (usually cultivated)

- g

फागनु n eleventh month of the Nepali calendar L-17 g

फाbन ु v to brush off, throw g

Jफका adj light (color) L-3 g

JफताN n return, refund - g

फ�ाु adj independent, free - p, g

फचु े, फtचु े adj little, tiny (boy or girl) g

फटाउनु ु v to break, smash, cause dissention - g

फसNदु , फसNतु n free time, leisure L-21 g

फलु n egg g h, g, ag

फल पानNु ु v to lay an egg L-37 ag

फbनु ु v to bloom g, ag

फKरे adv again L-26 g

फोहर, फोहोर adj dirty L-8 g

बखत ् n time - g

बगल+ n pocket g, h

बजाउन ु v (tr.) to ring (a bell), play musical instrument, cause others to quarrel

L-9 g

बजार n bazaar, market L-6 g

बज�े n budget - p

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बPन ु v to strike, ring L-9 g

बटbनु ु v to collect, gather - g

ब�ा n pack L-6 g

बढानN ु v to sweep h

बढ+ adj excess, more than enough or needed - g

बढ<ाु n promotion - p

ब�ता adj more, excess - g

बदल+ n replacement - p

बदल+ गनN ु v to replace - p

बन n forest L-33 g, ag

बनःपती Jव�ान n battery L-8 g, p

बनाउन ु v to make L-3 g

बXद गनN ु v to close L-1 g

बXदोबःत n arrangements, management - p

बमोिजम prep phrase

in accordance with - g

बयर n type of berry ag

बयान n account, description, explanation - p, g

बराबर adj regular, equal - g, p

बगN n social class - p

ब@गNय सगठनं n class organization - p

बषN n year L-4 g

बषाNत, बषाN n monsoon L-29 g, ag

बbल-तbल adv by hook or by crook, at last, finally g

बस n bus L-11 g

बःत ु n domestic animals, goods, objects - g, ag

बःन ु v to sit L-1 g

बहकाउन ु v to mislead, tempt, beguile g

बJहनी n younger sister L-2 g, an

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बाँकw n remaining, left over L-9 g

बाँझो adj uncultivated, fallow, barren

बाँध n dam - ag

बाँ@धन ु v to be tied g

बाँस n bamboo - ag, h

बा n father L-2 g, an

बाभा n goat (in general) ag

बाभी n she-goat - ag, h

बाट prep from L-6 g

बाटो n road, trail, path, way L-11 g

बा�न ु v to distribute - p

बानी n habit - g, an

बापत ् prep for, in place of, instead of - g

बाफरबाफे interj wow L-9 g

बार n fence - g, h, ag

बाल सगठनं n Children�s Organization - p

बालाज ु n name of an area in Kathmandu L-35 g

बाल+ n crops, harvest - ag

बाःतव n fact, actually - g, p

बाःतवमा phrase in fact g, p

बाःतJवक adj factual, actual - g, p

बाJहर prep outside L-8 g

@बउ n seed ag

@बक@सत adj developed - p

@बकास n development - p

@बकिXिकरणे n decentralization - p

@बJब n sale - g

@बJब कर n sales tax - p

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@ब@मन ु v to be broken, not functioning L-11 g

@बघा n unit of land measurement, 5/8 acre - ag

@बचरा adj poor, unfortunate - g

@बचार n thought, opinion L-3 g

@बचार गनN ु v to think L-3 g

@ब�ान n science L-5 p

@बतकोे adj past (time, events) - g

@ब{ा n education, learning - p

@ब{ाथ� n student L-2 g, p

@ब{त @बभागु n Power Department - p

@बधवा n widow an

@बXती n request, urge - g

@बबरण n detailed description, procedure - g

@बबाद n argument, dispute - g

@बभाग n department - p

@बभाजन n allocation, division - p

@बयोग n tragedy g

@बW¡ adj opposed, against - p

@बW<ा n seedling - ag

@बWवा n plant L-24 g, ag

@बरोध n opposition, contest, protest - p

@बरोधी adj antagonistic, hostile, opposed - p

@बसNन ु v to forget L-11 g

@बँ वJव{ालय n university L-23 g

@बँ <ाशी adj faithful, sure, reliable - g

@बँ <ास n confidence, faith, trust, belief - g, an

@ब¢ास गराउन ु v to convince - g, an

@बहान n morning L-4 g

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@बJहबार n Thursday - g

बझाउनु ु v to explain - g

ब�नु ु v to understand L-24 g

बधबारु n Wednesday L-8 g

बहार+ु n daughter-in-law, younger brother's wife an

बnीृ n profession, occupation - p

बJ¡ृ n growth - g

बईPजतीे n insult g

बtने ु v to sell L-37 g

बमतलबे adj meaningless - g, p

बमौकाे n inopportune time, untimely - an, g

बे@ल@बःतार adv phrase

description in all its details p

बलकाे ु n evening L-4 g

बसे adj fine, good - g

बसर+े adv excessively, amply - g

बठकै n meeting - p

बरा=यै n frustration, depression -

बोट n plant, tree - ag

बोधाथN n circular - p

बोरा n sack - g

बोbन ु v to speak - g

|यिn n individual (person) - g

|यबःथा n administration, arrangement, management, authorization

- p

|यबहार n use, manner, treatment, practice - p

|यबहार+क adj practical, in common use, routine - p

|यहोरा, बहोराे n points, details, body of writing - p

|याज n interest (financial) - p

|यापार n trade, occupation, business - g, p

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|या_ त adj full, widespread, extensive, pervasive g

भगवान n God - an, g

भnा n allowance (i.e. for travel) - p

भदौ n fifth month in Nepali calendar L-17 g

भX न ु v to tell, say L-1 g

भ@बँय n future - g, p, an

भयAर adj fearful, dreadful, ferocious g

भयानक adj terrible L-36 g

भरे adj later on, afterwards - g

भनN ु v to fill - g

भलो adj good, fine - g

भवद+य adv sincerely - g, p

भवन n building - g

भवन @बभाग n Building Department - p

भाँडा n utensil (general) L-31 g

भाई n younger brother L-2 g, an

भाग n part, section L-2 g, an

भाडा n rent, hire - g

भाXछा n kitchen L-15 g, h

भाXजा n sister�s son an

भार+, भार n load, burden g, ag

भाल ु n bear g

भाले n male (for animals) - ag

भावना n attitude, way of thinking or feeling - p, an

भाषण n speech, lecture - g, p

भाषा n language L-4 g

भाषा पाठशाला n language school - g, p

@भऽ prep inside L-8 g

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भईकटरु n pineapple L-6 g, h

भगोलु n geography L-5 g, p

भuलाु n fur g

भमी सधारु ु n land reform - p, ag

भतपवN स@नक ू ू ैसगठनं

n Ex-Soldier�s Organization - p

भ�े n meeting, visit, interview - p

भ�ने ु v to meet L-1 g

भडाे n sheep ag

भदन गनNे ु v to pierce, make a hole in; bewitch g

भोक adj hungry L-7 g

भोकमर+ n famine - p, ag, an

भोज n party L-7 g

भोल+ adv tomorrow L-4 g

भौ@तक शाd n physics L-8 g

£यागतोु n frog -

ॅमण n tour, field trip - p, ag

म pron I L-1 g

म�स� n purpose - g

म�ल n joy, happiness; Mars - g

म�लवार n Tuesday - g

म�@सर n eighth month of the Nepali calendar L-17 g

म�ीतले n kerosene - h, g

म�डल n group or bunch of people, orbit, congregation

an

मतलब n aim, intention, meaning - g

मदत गनN ु v to help L-34 g

म-यम वगN n middle-class - p

मन n mind L-5 g

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मन पनN ु v to like L-5 g

मन ला=न ु v to feel like L-5 g

मनसाय n intention, desire g

मनाई, मनाह+ n ban, prohibition - g, p

मनाउन ु v to celebrate L-36 g

मनोर¤न n entertainment - g

मXऽालय n Ministry - p

मXऽी n Minister - p

मिXदर n temple L-17 g, an

मरमत n repair(s) - g

मरमत गनN ु v to repair L-36 g

मल n manure ag

मशलXद adj miscellaneous - g

मसाXत n last day of the month - g

मसी n ink - g

मसौदा n draft (of a paper) - g

मह�ो adj expensive L-10 g

महu< n importance, value - g

महu<पणNू adj important - g

महशलू n tax, rent, duty, excise, fee - p

महससु n realization, feeling - g

महसस गनNु ु v to realize - g

महादशे n continent L-8 g, p

मJहना n month L-10 g

मJहला सगठनं n Women�s Organization - g, p

महोदय n sir, gentleman - g, p, an

मा prep in, on, at L-1 g

माइज ु n mother�s brother�s wife L-2 an

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माइनट बकु ु n minute book (of meetings) - p

माग n demand - g

मा=न ु v to ask, demand, beg L-27 g

माघ n tenth month in the Nepali calendar L-17 g

माछा n fish L-35 g, h

माछा पोखर+ n fish pond - ag

माझ n middle L-31 g

माटो n soil L-20 g, ag

माऽ adj only L-6 g

मादक पदाथN n intoxicating substance - g

मान n respect, rank - g

मानव शाd n anthropology L-8 g, an, p

मानसरोबर n name of a lake in Tibet L-22 g

मा@नस n person L-3 g

माXछे n person L-3 g

माX न ु v to agree, obey, respect, follow or practice (a religion)

L-36 g

माफ गनN ु v to excuse, pardon L-10 g

मामा n mother�s brother L-2 g, an

माया गनN ु v to love L-36 g

मागN n avenue, road - g

मानN ु v to kill L-36 g

माफN त prep care of, through, via - g

माल n goods, freight L-26 g

माल अ¥ा n Revenue Office - p

मास ु n meat L-6 h

@मठो adj tasty L-2 g

@मती n date (general) L-9 g

@मऽता n friendship L-31 g

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@मलनसार adj friendly L-8 g

@मलाउन ु v to bring together, join, adjust, reconcile, fix

- g

@मसाउन ु v to mix L-16 g

@मdी n mechanic, wood worker, mason - ag, p, g

@मJहनत गनNे ु v to work hard L-25 g

@मJहनतीे adj diligent L-25 g

मLीनाथु n name of a religious site in western Nepal L-22 g

मखु n mouth, face L-14 g

मखीयाु n headman of a village, patriarch, senior clerk

- p, ag

मजमजाु ुै adj wrinkled g

म�ीु n handful, palm g

मता@बकु adj in accordance with - g

म¦ाु n court-case, law-suit -

मनाफाु n profit - g

मखNु adj stupid g

मत�ु n statue L-20 g

मलकु ू n country, state - p

मलकw ऐनु ू n national laws, legal code - p

मbयु n value, worth, price - g

मbया§नु n evaluation - g

मिँकलु adj difficult L-23 g

मःता�ु n a district in northern Nepal L-16 g

मलसऽू ु n elements, rudiments - g

मगृ n deer g

मचे n chair L-1 g, h

मले n agreement, accord - g

मदानै n open field - g

मोजा n socks L-1 g, h

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मोटो adj fat, healthy L-13 g

मो@त n pearl g

मोल n price, cost - g

मोह+ n tenant or sharecropper - g, p

मौका n chance, opportunity, occasion - g

मौसम n weather L-17 g

Cयाद n due date, time limit - g

यpद conj if L-18 g

यसकारण adv for this reason, so L-5 g

यसलै े adv this is why L-5 g

यहाँ, याहाँ adv here L-3 g

याक n yak L-6 g

यातायात ् n transportation - g

याद गनN ु v to memorize, remember L-26 g

याहाँ adj here (also very polite for �you�) L-22 g

Jय pron these L-3 g

यो pron this L-1 g

यो चाJहँ pron this one L-3 g

यो=यता n qualification - g

योजना n written plan, project - g

र conj and L-2 g

रकम n sum, amount, kind, sort, item - g

र7ा n protection g

र�सी n rakshi, alcohol, hard liquor L-10 g, h

र�सी ला=न ु v to be drunk L-16 g

र� n color L-3 g

रJ�-चJ� adj multicolored L-3 g

रu न पाकN n name of a park in Kathmandu L-36 g

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रमाईलो adj pleasant L-5 g

रसायन शाd n chemistry L-8 g, p

र@सद n receipt - g

रहन ु v to be found, remain L-22 g

रहर n desire L-29 g

रा� न ु v to put, keep L-3 g

राजदतु n ambassador - p

राजधानी n capital L-17 g, p

राजनी@त n politics - p

राजनी@त शाd n political science L-8 g, p

राजन@तकै adj political - p

राती n night L-4 g

रातो n red L-3 g

राॆो adj good, beautiful L-2 g

राय n opinion, idea - g

रा[प@त n president - p

राJ[य adj national L-18 g, p

KरL ःथान n vacancy (place) - g

Kरnो adj vacant - g

Wख n tree L-25 g, ag

Wघा n cold (sickness) L-7 g

Wन ु v to cry L-36 g

Wप n form, appearance, shape - g

WJपया n rupee (primary unit of currency in Nepal) L-5 g

रे particle used at the end of a phrase or sentence when information is second hand or reported

- g

रख दख गनNे े ु v to supervise, look after - g

र@डयोे n radio L-18 g

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रोग n disease L-31 g

रोट+ n bread L-34 g, h

रोट Jप�े n ferris wheel L-34 g

रोपनी n land measurement common in the hills - ag

ल interj well, okay L-9 g

लआय n aim, target, goal - g

लखपती n millionaire - g, p

लगत n cost, price - g

लगाउन ु v to wear, put on (clothes); grow grain L-19 g, h

ल=न ु v to take with L-27 g

ला@ग prep for L-12 g

लाग गनNु ु v to apply, implement - g

ला=न ु v to feel like, assume L-7 g

लाभ n gain, advantage, profit - g

लामो adj long L-8 g

@लिखत adj written - g

@ल� n gender - g, an

@ल�े Jप� n long rope swing tied to four bamboo trees

- g

@लन ु v to take L-5 g

लखके n writer, author - g

ल� ने ु v to write L-1 g, p

लजाै न ु v to bring with, carry away L-27 g

लोक n people, world, planet, universe g, p

लोकसवाे n public service - p

लोभी adj greedy L-37 g

लौ interj well, okay L-9 g

bयाउन ु v to bring L-26 g

<टा suf used for counting inanimate objects L-3 g

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वडानN ु v to sweep L-24 g

वहाँ pron s/he (formal) L-1 g

शकां n doubt, suspicion - g

श@न n Saturn (planet) -

श@नबार n Saturday - -

शाखा n branch (of a Department or Ministry) - p

शािXत n peace - g

शािXत सवाे n Peace Corps - g

िश7क n teacher L-17 g, p

िशि7त adj educated L-21 g, p

शीय adv at once, immediately, soon - g

शबु n Venus (planet) -

शबबारु n Friday - -

श¡ु adj clear, pure, correct - g

शभु adj good, auspicious L-22 g

ौम n labor, toil - g

ौमदान n voluntary labor - g, p

ौीमती n Mrs, wife - g

ौीमान n Mr, husband - g

सकटका@लनं n emergency L-33 g

सकतं े n sign, code, gesture, hint, symbol - g

स�यां n numbers L-1 g

सगँ prep with L-3 g

सगठनं n organization - p

सचालकं n director, conductor - p, g

सचालक स@म@तं n directing council, executive committee - p

सचालनं n use, direction - g

सचालन गनNं ु v to direct, conduct, execute - g

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सचं ै adj fine, well, good L-4 g

सयnं ु adj combined, united, joined - g

सयn रा[हWं ु n United Nations - p

ससारं n world L-8 g

सःकतीं ृ n culture L-29 g, p, an

सःथां n institution, organization - p

सJकन ु v to be finished L-37 g

स�न ु v to be able, can L-9 g

सघाउन ु v to help, assist g, p

सJ�त n music L-18 g

सिचब n secretary - g

सजाईन ु v to be decorated g

सिजलो adj easy, simple L-7 g

स�ामा prep instead of L-37 g

सडक n road L-6 g

सडक@बभाग n Department of Roads - p

सuयता n reality, truth - g

सदर n capital, place of control; approval, sanction

- p

सदर मकामु n headquarters - p

सदःय n member - p

सदःयता n membership - p

सधq adv always L-5 g

स@नबार n Saturday L-9 g

सXतोष, सXतोस n satisfied, satisfaction g

सXमखु prep face to face - g

सफा adj clean L-8 g

सबा n quarter L-9 g

सबरे ै n early morning, dawn L-37 g

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सबै adj all L-7 g

समय n time L-12 g

समथN adj powerful, capable, able - g

समथNन n support, corroboration, ratification - g

समःया n problem - g

समाज साd n sociology L-8 g, p

समाu न ु v to catch, grab, hold L-36 g

स@म@त n council, committee - p

समदानु n community - p

समदायीकु adj community - p

समते ् adv including, together - g

सCझाउन ु v to remind, counsel, convince L-36 g, p

सCपती n wealth, property g

सCप© adj completed, accomplished, well-off (i.e. a family)

- g

सCपकN n contact, relationship - g

सCपणNू adj complete, all, whole - g

सCबिXधत adj the concerned - g

सCबXधी n concerning, related to - g

सCभाJवत adj probable - g

सCम prep up to, up until L-1 g

सCमती n approval - g

सCमलने n meeting, conference - p

सCसोधन n correction, amendment, revision - g

सय n hundred L-3 g

सर� adv without asking permission g

सरासर adj without stopping g

सW<ा adj transferred, contagious - p

सकाNर n government L-22 g, p

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सनN ु v to transfer, shift, move (to a new house) - g

सब�7ण n supervision, survey, inspection - p

सलाई n matches (to light a fire) - g, h

सbलाह n advice L-36 g

सःतो adj cheap L-10 g

सहगाउन,ु सगाउन ु

v to help, assist L-34 g, p

सह@नय adj bearable g

सहयोग n cooperation, assistance L-34 g, p

सहर n city L-8

सांगरोु adj narrow L-8 g

सांझ n evening L-4 g

साँःक@तकृ adj cultural - an, p

साईकल n bicycle g

साउन n fourth month in the Nepali calendar L-17 g

सा7ार adj literate L-21 g, p

साग बार+ n vegetable garden - ag

साढे n half, half past (time) L-9 g

साथी n friend L-2 g

साधन n resources, aids, means, equipment - g

साधारण adj ordinary, simple - g

सानो adj little, small L-8 g

साम�यN n power, strength, ability, vigor - g

साम ु prep in front g

सामJहकू adj collective, group - p

साCयबाद n communism - p

सायद adv perhaps L-12 g

सारा adj all g

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साबNज@नक adj public - p

सास n breath L-25 g

सास फनNे ु v to breathe L-25 g

साहजीु n shopkeeper (male) L-5 g

साहनीु n shopkeeper (female) L-6 g

साहबे n sir L-12 g

सा॑ै adj very L-33 g

@सकम� n carpenter - g

@सकाउन ु v to teach L-1 g

@स�न ु v to learn L-1 g

@स7ा n education L-10 g, p

@सचाई n irrigation - ag

@सतार n sitaar (a musical string instrument) - g

@सत ् n dew L-13 g

@सधा adj straight, fair - g

@सधाXत n principles, doctrines, ideology - g

@स@धन ु v to be finished L-13 g

@सनमाे n cinema, movie, film L-10 g

@सप n skill - p

@सपाल ु adj skilled, skillful - g

@सफाKरस n recommendation - g

@स@मत adj limited - g

@सलाई n sewing, needlework L-26 g

@ससा n glass, lead (material) - g

सईु n injection - g

सकCबासीु ु n person without land, homeless - ag, p

सबबारु n Friday L-9 g

सखीु adj happy g

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स=घरु , स=घर+ु adj neat, clean L-25 g

सचनाु n information, notice - g

सचना पाट+ु n notice board L-12 g

सu नु ु v to sleep L-2 g

स¡ु adj correct L-24 g

सधारु n improvement, reform - g, p

सधानNु ु v to improve, reform, correct L-33 g, p

सनु n gold L-37 g

सXतलाु n orange (fruit) L-2 g, h

सXु न ु v to listen, hear L-4 g

स@बधाु n convenience, comfort, facility - g

स|बाु n highest rank of civil officer, also a respectable term of address

- p

सW गनNु ु v to start, begin L-13 g

सWु-सWु adv immediately, without stopping - g

सिचतू adj informed - g

सिचत गनNू ् ु v to inform - g

सचीू , सचीपऽू n catalog, index - g

सझाबू , सझाउू n suggestion - g

सतोे adj white L-4 g

सनाे n army, corps - g, p

सयरे n share (i.e. financial), partnership - g, p

सल रोट+े n a donut-like bread L-34 h

सवाे n service - g, p

सोtन ु v to think L-37 g

सोझो adj straight, fair, honest - g

सो-न ु v to ask L-2 g

सोमबार n Monday L-9 g

सोह+ adj same - g

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ःतर n level, standard L-34 g

ःथान n place, position - g

ःथानीय adj local - g

िःथ@त n situation, conditions, circumstances - g

ःपS adj clear, plain, evident - g

ःयाउ n apple L-2 g, h

ॐःताे n account book, book keeping - g, p

ॐोत ् n source - g

ः<दशे n native country, homeland - g, p

ः<दशीे n native (for a country) - g, p

ः<भाव n nature, disposition L-25 g

ः<यCभनाथु n largest Buddhist temple in the world, located in Kathmandu

- g, p

ः<गN n heaven - g, an

ः<ाद n taste - g

ः<ाpदलो adj tasty L-34 g

ः<ाभाJवक adj natural, inherent - g

ः<ाथN n self-interest - g

ः<ाथ� adj selfish - g

ः<ाःथ, ः<ाः�य n health L-24 g

हजार n thousand L-3 g

हजरु adv yes please (formal), excuse me L-1 g

हजर आमाु n grandmother L-2 g, an

हजर बाु n grandfather L-2 g, an

हnर+े interj oh no, whoops L-9 g

हKरयो adj green L-3 g

हW suf used to make nouns plural L-3 g

हरके adj every L-34 g

हbला n noise L-18 g

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ह<ाईजहाज n airplane L-4 g

हस, ह<स ् adv okay (polite affirmative) L-6 g

हाँगा n branch g

हा�न ु v to drive L-21 g

हाड n bone g

हाnी n elephant L-10 g

हामीहW pron we L-4 g

हालत n condition g

हाbन ु v to set, place, put into L-23 g

हा<ा n wind, air L-24 g

हाःन ु v to laugh L-36 g

Jहउँ n snow L-13 g

Jहजो n yesterday L-4 g

Jहजो आज adj nowadays L-5 g

Jहडरे adv by foot (walking) L-16 g

JहXद+ n Hindi language L-10 g

JहXद ु adj, n Hindu L-17 g

Jहरा n diamond g

Jहलो n, adj mud, muddy L-23 g, ag

Jहसाब n math, account, sum L-5 g, p

हनु ु v to be L-5 g

हलाकwु n postman L-31 g

हनNे ु v to look, watch L-3 g

होचो adj short (height) L-8 g

होला adv maybe L-5 g

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abandon v छो#न,ु &या)न ु g

able (to be) v स+न ु g

about prep को बारमाे g

above prep मा1थ, अ1त g

above (said) adj उपरो7 g

absolutely adv एकदम, 1ब:कलु , पण= >पलु े g

accept v अपनाउन,ु िःवकार गन= ु g

accomplish v पण= गन=ू ,ु परा गन=ु ु g

accomplished (successful) adj सDपE न, यो)य, ू1बण, पारGत g

according (to) v अनसारु , बमोिजम, माIफक g

account (description) n बयान g

account (financial) n हरIहसाब g

account-book n ौःताे , बहM g

acknowledge v माE न,ु िःवकार गन=,ु ूाNी, सचना Qदु न ु g

act n काय=, काम g

act (law) n ऐन g, p

acting adj कायम-मकायमु , काय=कारM g

actions n काबा=हM, काम काय=, ना1लश g

activities n चहलपहल, हलचल g

actual adj खास, ठोस g

actually adv खासगररे g

add v जो#न,ु थVन ु g

addition n जोड, थप g

additional adj अ1तXर7, थIपएको g

adjust v 1मलाउन ु g

administration n Yयवःथा, ूशासन p, g

administrative adj ूशासकZय p

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admit v माE न,ु भना=हनु,ु िःवकार गन= ु g

admit in v भना= गन= ु g

advance (of money) n पँकZे , बनाै g

advantage n लाभ, फाईदा g

adversary n 1बरोधी g

advertisement n Iव`ापन g

advice n स:लाह g

advise v स:लाह Qदन ु g

aerogram n हवाईपऽ g

after prep प1छ g

afternoon n Qदउसो g

again adv फरMे , पनु g

against (opposed) prep 1ब>b, Iवपc g

ago adj अिघ, अ1ग g

agree v माE न ु g

agreement n मले , सहमत g

agriculture n कIषृ g, ag

aim n लआय, उदँये g

air n हाhा g

airplane n हhाईजहाज g

alcohol (liquor) n र+सी g, h

all adj सबै, सारा g

allocate v तो+न,ु ःथापन गन= ु g

almost adv झjडै g

alone adj ए+लै g

also adv प1न g

although conj तप1नै g

always adv सधk, 1न&य g

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amaze v आँ चय= ला)न,ु अचDम माE न ु g

ambassador n राजदतु p

amendment n सशोधनं p

amount n रकम, जDमा, ःपिं ट g

and conj र, तथा g

animal (domestic) n पश ु ag, g

animal (wild) n जEत,ु जनावर ag, g

animal husbandry n पश पालनु ag, g

another adj अकp g

answer n जबाफ, उ7र g

anthropology n मानव शाq, नरदह Iव`ाने , नIव`ानृ g, an

any adj जनप1नु , कनु ै g

anyway adv जहोसे g

apart adj अलग g

apartment n डराे g, h

apparent adj ःपं ट, ू&यc g

appearance n >प, आकार, अनहारु g

apple n ःयाउ g, h

application (put into use) n ूयोग, rयबहारमा :याउन ु g

application (request) n 1नवदने g

appoint v खटाउन,ु तो+न,ु 1नय7ी गन=ु ु g

appointed adj खटMएको, तोकZएको g

appropriate adj उपय7ु, मना1सु ब, उिचत g

approval n अनम1तु , अनमोदनु , ःhीक1तृ g

approximately adv अEदािज, ज1त, पगनपगु ु , अनमा1नतु g

arch, archway n गमजु g

area n इलाका, cेऽ g

arena n अखडा, काय= cेऽ, रणभमीू g

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argument n 1बबाद, बहस g

army n सनाे , स1नकै g, p

arrange v 1मलाउन,ु Qठक ठाक पान= ु g

arrangement/s n बEदोबःत, Yयवःथा, ूबEध g

arrive v आईप)नु ,ु आगमन g

artificial adj नtलM, बनावटM, क1तमृ g

ash n खरानी g

ask v सोuन,ु मा)न ु g

ask (for) v मा)न ु g

assembly n सभा, जन समदायु p

assistance n सघाई, सहायता, सहयोग g

assistant n सहायक, सहयोगी g

assume v ठाE न,ु धारण गन= ु g

astrologer n vयो1तषी an

at prep मा g

atmosphere n पXरिःथ1त, बाताबरण, वाय मjडलु g

attach v नwथी गन=,ु जो#न,ु गाxन ु g

attack v जाई ला)न,ु आबमण गन=,ु हमला गन= ु g

attempt (formal) n ूय& न, कोिशश g

auspicious adj शभु, मGल, साIहत, शभु-महत=ु ू g

authority n अ1धकार, ूा1धकार, ूभ& hु p

authorization n अ1धकार g

available adj उपलrध, सलभु , ूाVय g

available (be available) v पाईन ु g

back (of a person) n ढाड, Iप{ यू,ँ आगँ g

bad adj खराब, कमसल g

bag n झोला, थलोै g

bamboo n बाँस g, ag

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bamboo shoot n तामा g, ag

ban n मनाहM, मनाई, ू1तबEध g, p

banana n कराे g, h

barren adj बाँझो ag

base, basis n आधार, मलू , जग g

bask v ताVन,ु स+ने ु g

bathe v नहाउनु ु g

bazaar n बजार g

be v हनु ु g

bear n भाल ु g

bearable adj सहनीय, सहन यो)ये g

beard n दाह}, दाढM g

beautiful adj राॆो, सEदरु , मनमोहक, मनोहर g

because conj Iकनभने, IकनIक g

bedroom n स& नु े कोठा g, h

before prep अिघ, अ1ग, पIहले g

beg v मा)न ु g

begin v श> गन=ु ,ु था:न ु g

beginning n आरDभ, श>ु, थालनी g

behavior n चालचलन, Yयवहार g

belief n Iवँ hाश g

bell n घjटM g

beside prep निजकै, 1नर, उूाEत g

besides adj बाहके , उसमाथी g

bicycle n साइकल g

big adj ठलोू , भयानक g

biology n िजब-1ब`ान, िजवसाq g, p

black adj कालो g

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black market n कालो बजार p

bloom v फ:नु ु g

blue adj 1नलो g

boil v उमा:न ु g

bone n हाड g

book n Iकताब, पःतकु g

boredom n Qदt g

botany n बनःप1त 1ब`ान g

both adj दबैु g

branch (of a Ministry, Department or bank)

n शाखा, 1बभाग p

branch (of a tree) n हाँगा g

bread n रोटM g, h

break v भा�न ु g

break (shatter) v फटाउनु ु g

break (time off) n 1बदा g

breath n सास g

breathe v सास फन=े ु g

bring v :याउन ु g

bring (away) v 1लएर जान,ु लजानै ु g

broadcast (media) v ूसारण गन= ु p

broken (to not function) v 1ब1मन ु g

broom n कचोु h

brother (older) n दाई, दाज ु g, an

brother (younger) n भाई g, an

brown adj खरोै g

budget n बज�े , आयYययको Iहसाब g, p

building n भवन g

Building Department n भवन Iवभाग p

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bus n बस g

bush n झाडी g, ag

business (trade) n Yयापार, कामकाज, Yयवसाय g

busy adj Yयःत g

but conj तर g

buy v IकE न ु g

by (through the agency of) prep �ारा g

cage n खोर g

call v बोलाउन,ु डा+न ु g

can (be able) v स+न ु g

capable adj समथ=, यो)य, लायक g

capital (city) n राजधानी g, p

capital (economic) n पजीूँ , मलधनू p

capital sum (as opposed to interest)

n साँउ, पजीूँ p

capitalism n पजीबादूँ p

capitalist n पजीवालूँ , पजीप1तँ , धनीबग= p

car n गा1ड, मोटर g

care n परवाह, जतन g

carpenter n 1सकम� g

carpet n गल�चा h

case (legal) n म�ाु , झगडा, खोल p

catch v समा& न ु g

cattle n गाई वःत ु p, ag

celebrate v मनाउन ु g, an

cement n 1समEटे g

center n कEिे , 1बच g

central adj कEिMये g

certain adj 1निँ चत, पtा g

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certainly adv अवँय, 1नँ चय g

certificate n ूमाणपऽ g

chair n मचे g, h

chairman n अuयc, सभापती p

chance n मौका, अवसर g

change n पXरवत=न g

chat v गफ गन= ु g

cheap adj सःतो g

cheese n िचज h

chemistry n रसायन शाq g

chicken n कखराु ु h, ag, g

chief n नाईके, ूमखु, सरदार p

chief adj ूधान, म�यु p

children n कटाकटMे े g, an

choice n छनाई, रोजाई g

choose v छाE न,ु रोvन ु g

cigarette n चरोटु g, h

cinema n 1सनमाे g

circumstances n पXरिःथ1त, हाल, ग1त g

city n शहर g

clash n टtर, Iवरोध g

class (school) n कcा g

class (set) n Iक7ा g

class (social) n वग= g

clean adj सफा g

clear adj शbु, ःपं ट g

clerk n बIहदार g

clever adj चलाख g

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cliff n 1भर g

climb v च�न ु g

close v बEद गन= ु g

close adj 1नर, निजक g

cloud n बादल g

coat n कोट g

code (legal) n ऐन-समहं , ऐनको Iकताब g

coffee n कफZ g, h

cold (sickness) n >घ, >गा g

cold (things) adj िचसो g

cold (weather) adj जाडो g

collect v बट:नु ,ु सकलन गन=ं ,ु जDमा गन= ु g

color n रG g

combine v 1मलाउन,ु 1मसाउन ु g

come v आउन ु g

come out v 1नि+लन ु g

comfortable adj सIवधाु , आराम g

commentary n ूवचन, समीcा, टMका-IटV पणी p, g

committee n स1म1त p

communal adj सामदाIयकु g, ag

communism n साDयवाद p

community n समदायु , समाज p, an

compare v दाँvन,ु तलना गन=ु ु g

comparison n तलनाु , दजाई g

competition n ू1तयो1गता, ू1तःपदा=, होड g

complaint n उजरू , उजरMू g

complete adj सDपण=ू , पण=ू , पराु g

completed adj सDप� g

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comply v माE न,ु सहमत हनु ु g

concerning prep सDबEधी, सDबिEधत g

condition n हालत, पXरिःथ1त, िःथ1त, अवःथा g

conduct n आचार, सचालनं , चालचलन g

conduct v सचालन गन=ं ु g

confidence n Iवँ hास,�ढता, प&यार, भरोसा g

connection n सDबEध g

constituency n 1नवा=चन cेऽ, 1नबा=चन मjडल p

construction n 1नमा=ण g

consult v स:लाह 1लन,ु Qदन ु g

contemporary adj समका1लन, एक समयकोै g

continent n महादशे g, p

contract n ठtाे g, p

control n कrजा, 1नयEऽण g, p

control v कrजामा रा� न ु g, p

convenience n अनकलु ू , स1बधाु g

convenient n उिचत, स1बधाजनकु g

convince v मनाउन,ु सदह हटाउनं े ,ु सDझाउन ु g

cook v पकाउन ु g, h

cooked (to be) v पा+न ु g

cooperation n सहयो1गता, सहकाXरता, स1मती g, p

cooperative n सहकारM, सहयोगी, साझा p, ag

copy n नtल, ूती g

copybook n कापी g

corn n मकै ag

correct adj शbु, Qठक g

correct v सधान=ु ,ु स�याउन ु g

correction n सशोधनं , भल सधारू ु g

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cost v खच= गन=,ु मोल g

cottage industry n घरल उ�ोगे ु p

cottage, shack n झपडीु , झूोु h

cough n खोकZ g

council n पXरषद, स1म1त p

counsel v स:लाह Qदन,ु परामश= Qदन ु g

count v गE न ु g

country n दशे , मलकु ु g, p

court (law) n अदालत g, p

courtyard n आगनँ g

cow-shed n गोठ ag

crab n गGटो g

creditor n साह,ु Xरणदाता p

crop n उrजनी, उrजाउ, अ� ag

crops n बालM ag

cruel adj दं टु , 1नद=यी, बब=र g

cry v >न ु g

cultivated property n खते -बारM ag

cultivation n खतीे -पाती ag

cultural adj साँःक1तकृ g, p, an

culture n सःकतीं ृ , Xर1तXरवाज g, p, an

cupboard n दराज h

cured (to be) n 1नको हनु,ु 1बषक हने ु ु g, an

curiosity n िज`ासा g

custom n चलन, Xर1तXरवाज g, an

cut v का�न ु g

daily adv QदनQदनै g

daily adj द1नकै -

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dam n बाँध g, ag

damage n ख1त, नो+सान g

dance v ना�न ु g

danger n छरMु g. h

dangerous adj भयानक, खतरानाक g

dark n अuयारोँ , अEधकार g

dark (color) adj गाडा g

date (general or official correspondence)

n 1म1त g

date (Nepali calendar) n गते g

date (Western calendar) n ताXरख g

daughter-in-law n बहारMु an

day n Qदन g

day after tomorrow adv पस� g

day before yesterday adv अःती g

day-laborer n vयामी, खतालाे g, ag, p

dear n Iूय, Vयारो g

debt n कजा=, Xरण g, p

debtor n आसामी, Xरणी g, p

decentralization n IवकिEिकरणे p

decide v तो+न,ु 1नँ चय गन=,ु 1नण=य गन= ु g

decision n 1नण=य, 1नँ चय g

declare v घोषणा गन= ु g

decorate v सजाउन,ु भIषत गन=ू ,ु अलकत गन=ं ृ ु g

decrease v घ�न,ु घटाउन ु g

deep adj गIहरो g

deer n मगृ g

demand v मा)न,ु मगाउन ु g

demand n माग g

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democracy n ूजातEऽ, लोकतEऽ p

department n Iवभाग p

Department (of a Ministry) n Iवभाग p

departure n ूःथान, 1बदा g

depute v खटाउन ु g

description n बयान, Iवबरण g

desire n इ�छा, रहर, मनसाय g

destruction n नाश,नं ट g

details n Iववरण g

developed adj Iवक1सत g, p, ag

development n Iवकास g, p, ag

diamond n हMरा g

diarrhea n Qदसा g

die v मन= ु g

difference n अEतर, फरक, 1भE नता g

difficult adj गाहp, मिःकलु g

dig v खE न ु g

diligent adj 1महनतीे , पXरौमी g

direct v सचालन गन=ं ु g

director n 1नद�शक, सचालकं g, p

dirty adj फोहर, मलोै g

discipline n अनशासनु , 1नयम पालन, सयमं g

disease n रोग g

dismiss v खारज गन=े ,ु पद� यतु गन= ु g

dispatch (mail) n चलानी g

display v ूदिश=त गन= ु g

dispute n 1बबाद, मतभदे g

dissent n फटु , ू1तवाद g

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distribute v बा#न,ु 1बतरण गन= ु g

district n िज:ला g, p

divide v भाग गन= ु g

division n भाग, Iवभाजन g

doctrine n 1सधाEत g

domesticate v घरमा पा:न ु ag

donation n चEदा p, an

doubt n शकां g

draft (of a paper or budget) n मसौदा p, g

drink v Iपउन ु g

drive v चलाउन,ु हा+न ु g

dropped (to be) v खःन ु g

drought n अनाविं टृ , खडरMे ag

dry adj ओभानो, स�खाु g

duty n कत=Yय g

duty (tax) n महशलु, कर p

each adj ूतके , हरके g

ear n कान g

early adj चाँडै g

earn v कमाउन ु g

east n पव=ु g

easy adj सिजलो g

eat v खान ु g

economics n अथ= शाq g, p

education n िशcा g, p

effect n ूभाव, असर g

effort n कोिशश, ूय& न g

egg n फलु h, g

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elect v चE नु ,ु छाE न ु p

election n 1नवा=चन, चनावु p

elephant n हा7ी g

emerge v 1निःकन,ु ूकट हनु ु g

emergency n स�टका1लनं , आपतका1लन g

employee n कम=चारM, 1नयोिजत g

employment n जा1गर, 1नयोजन g

empty adj खालM, Xर7ो g

energy n तागत,् शि7 g

engineer n इि�1नयर ag, g

English adj अमजीँ े g

enlarge v बढाउन ु g

enough n प)योु , पया=V त, ूशःत, काफZ g

entertainment n आमोद ूमोद, मनोरEजन g

entitlement (to land) n हक ag, p

entry (in an official account)

n दता= g, p

equal adj बराबर, समान g

equipment n मालसमान, औजार g

especially adv खासगरM g

essential adj आवँयक, ज>रM g

establish v कायम गन=,ु ःथाIपत गन= ु g

estimate n अनमानु , इःटमटे , अEदाज g

estimated adj अनमा1नतु ् g

etcetera conj इ&यादM g

evaluation n म:या�नु g

evening n साँझ g

every adj हरके , ूतके g

evident adj ःपं ट, ू& यc g

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exact adj द>ःतु , Qठक g

exam n जाँच, पXरcा g

examine v जाँ�न,ु पXरcण गन= ु g

example n नमनाु , उदाहरण g

exceed v ना�न,ु फडIकन ु g

excellent adj एकदम राॆो, वशे g

excess n बढM g

excessive adj अ1धक, अ&या1धक g

excuse v माफ गन=,ु cमा गन= ु g

exhibit v ूदश=न गन= ु g

exhibition n ूदश=नी g

expense n खच= g

expensive adj महGो g

experience n अनभवु , जानकारM, अनभतीु ू g

expert n Iवशष`े g, p

explain v बझाउनु ,ु बयान गन=,ु rया� या गन= ु g

explanation n बयान, rया�या g

export v 1नकासी गन=,ु 1नया=त गन= ु g, p

extensive adj 1बःततृ, rयापक g

extremely adv अ&या1धक, अ1त g

eye n आखाँ , नऽे, लोचन g

face to face phr सEमखु, मखामखु ु g

fact n वाःतव, &थय g

factory n कारखाना g

factual adj वाःतIवक g

fair n ूदश=नी, भलाे , सEतोषदायक g

fair adj ःh� छ, इमाEदार g

faith n Iवँ hाश, 1नं ठा g

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faithful adj Iवँ hािश, 1बँ hासपाऽ, ौuदाल ु g

fall v पन=,ु झन=,ु खःन ु g

fallow adj बाँझो ag

false adj झठाु g

famine n अ1नकाल, भोकमरM g, ag

famous adj ू�यात g

farmer n ख1तवाले , Iकसान ag

fast adj 1छटो, झटपट g

fast v उपवास बःन,ु ोत बःन ु an

fat adj मोटो g

fat n बोसो g, h

father n बा, बबाु , बवाु , Iपता g, an

fatigue n थकाई, थकाhट g

favorable adj अनकलु ु , सIवधाजनकु , IहतकारM g

fearful adj भय�र, डरला)दो g

fee n महशलु, दःतरु g

feel (to) v ला)न,ु छनु ,ु ःपश= गन=,ु जा�न,ु अनभब गन=ु ु g

feel like v मन ला)न ु g

feeling n भावना, Iवचार g

fence n बार g

fertilizer n मल ag

field (irrigated) n खते ag

field-trip n ॅमण g

fill v भन= ु g

final adj अिEतम, आिखरM g

financial adj आय-Yयय सDबEधी, आ1थ=क g, p

financier n पजीपतीूँ , 1ब7-rयवःथापक p

find v पाउन ु g

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fine adj सEचै, राॆो, शcमु , जXरवाना g

finished adj समाN, तामले g

finished (to be) v ख7म हनु,ु सIकन,ु 1सिuदन ु g

firewood n दाउरा g, h, ag

fish n माछा g, ag, h

fish-pond n माछा पोखरM ag

floor (first, second, etc) n तला g

flour n Iपठो g, h

flower n फलू g, ag

follow v अपनाउन,ु माE न ु g

food n खाना, खान कराे ु g, h

for prep ला1ग, वापत ् g

forbid v मानाई गन=,ु 1नषध गन=े ु g

foreign country n परदशे , Iवदशे p, g

foreigner n Iवदशीे , परदशीे g, p

foreman n नाईके g

forest n वन, जGल g, ag

forget v 1बस=न ु g

fork n काँटा g, h

form n >प, आक1तृ , आकार, फारम g

formerly adv पIहले, अगा1ड g

found (to be) v रहन,ु पाउन ु g

free adj फtाु , ःवतEऽ, ःवा1धन g

frequently adv घXरघXर, अवसर g

Friday n शबबारु g

friend n साथी, 1मऽ, स1गं g

friendly adv 1मलनसार g

friendship n 1मऽता g

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frog n xयागतोु g

from prep बाट, दिखे g

frost n तसारोु g, ag

fruit n फलफलु g, ag, h

frustration n नराै ँय g full adj भXर, टE न g

function v चाल हनु ुु , काय= सDपादन गन=,ु च:न ु g

funny adj मvजाको, र1सक g

furthermore adv अ>, अझै, दरतरू g

future n भIवँय g

game n खले g

gap n अEतर, खा1ल g

gate n ढोका g

gather v जDमा गन=,ु बट:नु ु g

gathering (of people) n जमघट, भलाे g, p

gender n 1लG g

gentle adj भलादमी g

gentleman n भलादमी मा1नस g

geography n भगोलु g, p

germinate v पदा हनै ु ,ु टसाउनु ,ु अंकरण हनु ुु g, ag

gesture n सकतं े g

get v पाउन ु g

gift n दान, उपहार, भटMे , कोशलMे g, an

give v Qदन ु g

give up v छो#न,ु &या)न ु g

glass n िशशा g

go v जान ु g

goal n उदँये , लआय g

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goat (castrated) n खसी g, ag

goat (female) n बाभी g, ag

goat (uncastrated) n बोको g, ag

god n भगवान, इँ वर g, an

god (family) n कलदवताु े an

goddess n दवीे g, an

gold n सनु g

good adj राॆो, असल, भलो, जाती g

good (health) adj सEचै g

goods n माल, मालसामान, िचज1बज g

government n सरकार g, p

grab v समा& न,ु पबन ु g

grain n अनाज, अE न ag

grandfather n हजरबाु , बाजे g, an

grandmother n हजरआमाु , बvयै g, an

grant n अनदानु , वि7ृ g

grass n घाँस g, ag

graze v चराउन ु g, ag

great adj ठलोू , महान, Iवशाल g

greedy adj लोभी g

green adj हरMयो g

grey adj कलोै g

grow (intransitive) v ब�न ु g

grow (plants) v उ1ॆन,ु उमान=,ु ब�न ु g, ag

growth n बIbृ g

guard n पाले g

guess n अनमानु , अEदाज g

guest n पाहनाु , पाउना g

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guidance n माग= 1नद�शन g

habit n बानी g

hail n अ1सना g, ag

hair n कपाल g

half n साढे g

hand n हात g

happy adj खशीु , आनEद, सखीु g

harm n नो+सान, ख1त g

hat (Nepali) n टोपी g, h

hat (Western) n टोप g, h

he (familiar) n उ, उनी g

he (formal) n वहाँ g

head n टाउको g

headman n मखीयाु p

headquarters n सदर-मकामु g, p

health n ःवाःwय g

hear v सE नु ु g

heat n ताप g

heaven n ःवग= an, g height n उचाई g

help v मदत गन=,ु सगाउन ु g

here adv यहाँ g

hereafter adv उूाEत g

highway n सडक (ठलोू ) g

Himalaya n Iहमाल g

Hindu n, adj IहEद ु g

hint n स�ेत ् g

hire n भाडा g

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historical n ऐ1तहा1सक g

history n इ1तहास g

hold v समा& न ु g

holiday n 1बदा, छ�ीु g

home n घर g, h

homeland n ःवदशे g, p

honest adj इमाEदार g

honor n इvजत, सDमान g

hope n आशा g

hospital n अःपताल, िचIक&सालय g

hospital (maternity) n ूसती गहु ृ g

hostile adj Iवरोधी, शऽ पcकोु g

hot (spicy) adj Iपरो g, h

hot (things) adj तातो g

hot (weather) adj गम� g

hour n घjटा g

house n घर g, h

housework n घरको काम, गहकाय=ृ g, h

how (by what means) adv कसरM g

how (much/many) adv क1त g

how (quality) adv कःतो g

human being n मानव-जाती g

hundred n सय g

hunger n भोक g

hurry n ह7प7, हतार g

I pron म g

i.e. abbr याने g

idea n राय, Iवचार g

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if conj यQद g

ignorance n अ`ान, अनजान g

illiterate adj असाcार g, p

immediately adv त>Eतु ै, त&काल ् g

implemented adj लाग भएकोु , काया=िEhत गXरएको g

importance n मह&h g

important adj ज>रM g

improve v सधान=ु ,ु उ�ती गन=,ु सपान= ु g

improved adj उE नत g

improvement n सधारु , उE नती, सपाXरएको g

in prep मा g

include v समावश गन=े ु g

including adj समते ,् सIहत g

income n आDदानी, आय g, p

income tax n आय कर p

incomplete adj अधरोु , न1सIbएको g

increase v ब�न ु g

independent adj फtाु , ःवतEऽ, ःhा1धत p, g

indicate v 1नद�श गन=,ु दखाउने ,ु स�ेत गन= ु g

individual n Yयि7 g

industry n उ�ोग, पXरौम g, p

influence n ूभाव g

influential adj ूभावकारM g

information n सचुना g

informed adj सिचतू ,् अवगत g

inherent adj 1नIहत, अEतव=ती, ःवाभाIवक g

injection n सइु g

ink n मसी g

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inopportune (time) adj बमौकाे , असामIयक g

inside prep 1भऽ g

inspect v पXरदश=न गन=,ु 1नXरcण गन=,ु जाँच गन= ु g

inspection n पXरदश=न, 1नXरcण, सव�cण, जाँच g

inspector n 1नXरcक, ूिशcक g

instead adj स�ामा, बापत ् g

institution n सःथां g, p

insult n बइvजतीे , अपमान g

intention n इरादा, मतलब, मनशाय, अ1भूाय g

interest (financial) n rयाज p

interesting adj चाख ला)दो g

interim n अEतXरम g

international adj अEतरािं शय g, p

interview n अEतरवाता= g

introduction n पXरचय, भ1मकाू , ूःतावन g

invite v डा+न,ु बोलाउन,ु 1नDता गन= ु g

iron n फलाम g

irrigate v पानी लगाउन,ु 1सचाई गन=ँ ु g, ag

irrigation n 1सचाईँ ag

irrigation ditch n कलोू ag

item n दफा, रकम, एक -एक कलम g

jacket n vयाकटे g

jail n � यालखाना p

Japanese adj जापानी g

job n काम, जा1गर, rयबसाय, धEदा g

join v जो#न ु g

joint adj साजे, सय7ं ु , साझदारे g

journey n याऽा, ॅमण, सफर g

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judge n Eयाया1धस p

judgment n Eयाय, इEसाफ, अदालतको फसलाै p

jump v उृन ु g

just adj इEसाफZ, Eयायोिचत p

justice n Eयाय, इEसाफ p

kerosene n मI�तले g, h

kind n Iक1सम, थोक, ूकार g

kind adj दयाल ु g

kingdom n अ1धराvय g, p

kitchen n भाEसा, भाEचा g, h

know (be acquainted) v िचE न ु g

know (to have skill) v जाE न ु g

knowledge n `ान g

known adj अवगत g

labor n ौम g, ag

lake n ताल g

land n जमीन, ज)गा g, ag

land reform n भमी सधारू ु ag

landless (person) n सकDबासीु ु ag

landowner n ज1मEदार ag

language n भाषा g

last adj अिEतम, आिखरM g

late adj Iढलो, अबरे , बरे g

later adv प1छ, भरे g

laugh v हाःन ु g

law n ऐन, काननु g, p

lawsuit n म�ाु p

layer n तह g

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lazy adj अि:छ g

lead n 1ससा, पXरचालन g

leader n नाईके, नताे , माग=-दश=क an, g, p

leadership n नत&वे ृ an, p

leaf n पात g, ag

learn v 1स+न ु g

leather n छाला g, h

leave v छो#न ु g

leave (from work) n छI�ु , 1बदा g

lecture n ूवचन, rया� यान g, p

left over v उ1ॄन,ु बाकZ रहन ु g

legal code (national law) n मलकZ ऐनु ु p

leisure n फुस=द, फस=तु g

lesson n पाठ, िशc, उपदशे g

letter n िच�ी, पऽ g

letter (alphabet) n अcर g

level (standard) n ःतर, ौणीे g

library n पःतकालयु g

license n अनम1तु , अनम1तपऽु , लाईसEसे g, p

life n जीवन g

lift v उचा:न,ु उठाउन ु g

light n उvयालो g

light (color) adj Iफtा g

like v मन पन= ु g

like (similar to) prep जःतो, जःतै g

lime n कागती g, ag, h

limited adj सी1मत g

link n सDबEध, जोन� g

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list n सचीू , सिचपऽू , तपसील g

listen v सE नु ु g

literate adj साcार g, p

literature n साIह&य g

little adj सानो, जाबो, पEचु े g

little (measurable) adj अ1लक1त g

little (unmeasurable) adj अ1लअ1ल g

living standard n ह1सयतै , ःतर g, p

load n भारM g

local adj ःथानीय, दशीये g

long adj लामो g

look v हन=े ु g

loom n तान ् h

loss n खती, नो+सान g

love v माया गन= ु g

love-talk n ूमे-वाता= g

machine n कल, यEऽ g

magazine n प1ऽका g, p

magician n जादगरु , चटकZ g, an

maintenance n पालन पोषण, िजIवका, ू1तपालन, जीIवका g

majority n अ1धकांश, बहमतु , बहस�याु ं g, p

make v बनाउन ु g

malaria n औलजरो, औलो g, h

male (animal) n भाले g, ag

male (human) n लो)न माEछे े an, g

management n बEदोबःत, Yयवःथा g

manner n ढगं , चलन, चालचलन, िशं टाचार g

manure n मल ag

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many adj धरे ै , 1नtै, थूोु , औधी, अ1त g

map n न+शा g, p

Mars n मGल g

math n Iहसाब g

matter n पदाथ= g

mature adj पtा, पXरप+h g

maximum adj बIढ g

maybe adv होला g

meaning n मतलब, माने g

meaningless adj बमतलबे , अथ= नभएको g

means n उपाय g

measurement n नाप g

meat n मास ु g, h

mechanic n 1मqी, कालMगढ g, ag

medicine n औष1ध, ओखती g, h, an

meet v भ�ने ु g

meeting n बठकै , जमघट, गो�ी, भटे g

member n सदःय g, p, h

membership n सदःयता p

memorize v याद गन=,ु सDझन ु g

mentality n ःवभाव, मनोवि7ृ , मान1सक शि� g

method n उपाय, ढGं , तXरका, ूणालM g

middle n माझ, बीच g

military n स1नकै , सनाे g, p

milk n दधू g, h, an

millionaire n लखपती g

mind n मन, Qदल, िच7 g

minister n मEऽी p

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ministry n मEऽालय p

miscellaneous adj 1ब1बध, फटकरु g

miser n क  जसु, च¡याँु , कपणृ , लोभी g

mix v 1मसाउन ु g

model n आदश=, नमनाु g

modern adj आध1नकु g

moment n 1छन, cण g

Monday n सोमबार g

monkey n बाँदर g

monsoon n बसा=त, बषा= g, ag

month n मIहना g

more adj अझ, ब�ता, बशीे g

morning n 1बहान g

mostly adv धरजसोे ै g

mother n आमा, ममाु g, h

mountain n पाहाड g

mouth n मखु g

move v च:न ु g

Mr n ौीमान, माहासाय g

Mrs n ौीम1त g

mud, muddy n, adj Iहलो g

multiplication n गणनु g

mustard n तोरM g, h

nail n कZला g, h

name n नाम g

narrow adj सांगरोु g

national adj रां शMय g, p

natural adj ूाक1तकृ , ःhभाIवक g

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nature n ूकतीृ g

nature (character) n ःhभाव g

near adj 1नर, निजक g

nearby adj निजक g

neat adj स)घरMु , सफा g

need, to be needed v चाIहन,ु आवँयक हनु ु g

nephew (brother�s son) n भ1तजा, भदा an

nephew (sister�s son) n भाEजा an

new adj नया g

news n खबर, समाचार g, p

newspaper n अखबार, पऽप1ऽका g, p

night n राती g

no adv होईन, अहँँ g

noise n ह:ला g

north n उ7र g

nose n नाक g

notice n सचनाू g

notice board n सचना पाटMू g

novel n उपEयास g

now adv अब g

nowadays adv आजभो1ल, Iहजोआज, अचले g

number adv स�यां , अ� g

obey v माE न ु g

occupation n कामकाज, वि7ृ , पशाे , इलम g

offering n ूसाद, ब1ल, भटMे , नब�ै े g, an

office n काया=लय g

officer n अ1धकारM, कम=चारM p

often adv ूाय, ूायजसो g

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okay (agreement) interj हEछु , ल g

okay (polite) interj हस, हhस ् g

old adj परानोु g

on prep मा g

only adj माऽ g

open v खो:न ु g

open adj खलाु , ख:लाु g

opinion n 1बचार, राय g

opponent n 1बरोधी g

opportune adj अनकलु ू , समयानफलु ू g

opportunity n मौका g

opposed adj Iव>b, Iवपc g

opposition n ू1तयोग, Iवरोध, 1बपcता, बरभाबै g

or conj Iक, अथhा g

orange n सEतलाु g, h, ag

order (command) n हकमु ु , आ`ा, आदशे g, p

ordinance n अuयादशे , Xरती, 1नयम, 1बशष आ`ाे p

ordinary adj साधारण, ःवाभाIवक, मामलMु g

organization n सःथां , सगठनं g

organizer n आयोजक, Yयवःथापक g

original adj ूारिDभक, मौ1लक g

other adj अ> g

outside n बाIहर g

overcome v Iवजयी हनु,ु दमन गन= ु g

own (one�s) adj आ¢नो g

pack n पोको, भारM, कDलोु , ब�ा g

paper n कागत, कागज g

pardon v माफ गन= ु g

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parents n बा-आमा g, an

part n भाग, खjड, Iहःसा g

partnership n साझदारे , Iहःसदारे , महभा1गता g

party n भोज g

party (political) n दल, पc p

past adj 1बतकोे , गएको g

pay v 1तन= ु g

pay n तलब, vयाला, पाXरौा1मक g

peace n शािEत g

Peace Corps n शािEत सनाे g

peasant n Iकसान, ख1तhाले ag, p

peculiar adj अनौठो, अचDमको g

pen n कलम g

people n जनताह>, लोक, जन, ूजा g

pepper (hot) n खसा=नीु g

percent n ू1तशत g

perhaps adj शायद g

permission n अनमतीु g

person n माEछे, मा1नस g

persuade v मनाउन,ु Iवँhास गराउन,ु ॅम हटाउन ु g

petition n दरखाःत, अज�, 1बिEतपऽ p

physics n भौ1तक शाq g

picture n न+शा, तःवीर g

piece n भाग, Iहःसा, टबाु , ूवEध रचना g

pineapple n भईकटहरु g, h, ag

place n ःथान, ठाउँ g

plain adj ःप£, सादा, सDम, सरल, समतल g

plan n उपाय, अ1भूाय, योजना g

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planet n मह, नcऽ g

plant n 1ब>वा, बोट g

play v ख:ने ु g

play (musical instrument) v बजाउन ु g

playing field n मदानै g

pleasant adj रमाईलो g

please n कपयाृ g

plenty n ूशःत g

plough v जो& न ु ag

pocket n बगलM, ख:ती g

policy n नी1त p

politely adv नॆतापव=कू , िशं टतापब=कू g

political adj राजन1तकै p

political science n राजनी1त शाq p

politics n राजनी1त p

poor (unfortunate) adj 1बचरा g

poor (wealth) adj गXरब g

population n जनस�यां g

position n ःथान, पद, अबःथा g

post office n हलाकु g

postman n हलाकZु g

potato n आल ु g, h, ag

power n सामwय=, शि7, cमता, बल, तजे g, an, p

powerful adj शि7शालM, ओजःवी, ूतापी g, an, p

practical adj YयबहाXरक, काम ला)न Iक1समकोे , ूयोगा&मक

g

practice n अxयास, ूथा, rयवहार g

practise v माE न,ु अxयास गन= ु g, an

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precious adj अम:यू g

preliminary adj ूारिDभक, ूाथ1मक g

present v ूःतत गन=ु ,ु पश गन=े ,ु हािजर हनु ु g

present adj उपिःथत g

president n रां शपती p

prestige n इvजत, शान, ू1तं ठा an, p

price n मोल, म:यू , भाउ g

pride n घमjड, गब=, अहकारं g

prime minister n ूधान-मEऽी p

principal adj म�यु , ूधान, सव=ौ£े g

principle n 1नयम, सऽु, 1सधाEत g

priority n ूाथ1मकता g

probable adj सDभाIवत, आनमा1नकु g

problem n समःया g

procedure n सचालन गन� तXरकां , Yयाबहार, काय=-1ब1ध g

profession n ब7ीृ , पशाे g

profit n मनाफाु , नाफा, लाभ g

program n काय=बम g

progress n ूगती, उ�ती g

prohibit v मनाई गन=,ु मनाहM गन=,ु 1नषध गन=े ु g

prohibition n मनाहM, 1नषधे , ू1तबEध g

project n योजना g

promise v ू1त`ा गन=,ु कवल गन=ू ु g

promotion n बढवाु , उ�ती, ौ� पद पाउने ु g

proof n ूमाण g

proper adj उिचत g

property n मालसामान, सDपती g

proposal n ूःताव g

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proposed adj ूःताIवत g

protect v सरcा गन=ु ,ु सरिcत रा� नं ,ु रcा गन= ु g

protection n रcा, सरcतां g

protest n ू1तवाद, Iवरोध g

public adj साव=ज1नक, सव=साधारण p

public n सामाEयजन, ूजा, जनता p

public health n जनःhाःwय p

public service n लोकसेवा p

publicity n ूचार, ूसार p

published adj ूकािशत g

pull v ताE न,ु उख:ने ु g

punishment n सजाय, दjड g, p

pupil n छाऽ g

purchase n खरMद g

pure adj शbु g

purpose n म+सद, मनसाय, आसय, अ1भूाय g

put v रा� न ु g

put (on) v लगाउन ु g

qualification n यो)यता g

quality n गणु g

quarter (measurement) n सवा g

quarter to (measurement) n पौने g

quarterly adv ऽमा1सकै g

question n ूँ न g

questionnaire n ूँ नावलM g

quiet (to be) v चप ला)नु ु g

quit v छो#न ु g

quota n कोटा, दरवEदM g

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radio n र1डयोे g

rain v पानी पन= ु g

raincoat n बष=दM g

raise (bring up) v पा:न ु p, ag

raise (lift) n उचा:न ु g

raksi (liquor) n र+सी g, h

rank n पद, मान g

rate n दर, ग1त, भाउ g

ratification n समथ=न, अनमोदनु p

reach (some place) v प)नु ,ु 1बःतत हनृ ुु g

reaction n ू1तकयाृ g

read v प�न ु g

real n खास, वाःतIवक g

reality n स&यता, वाःतIवकता g

realization n महससू g

realize v अनबव गन=ु ,ु महसस गन=ू ु g

receipt n र1सद g

receive v पाउन ु g

recent adj हाल g

recognize v िचE न ु g

recommendation n 1सफाXरस g

reconcile v 1मलाउन,ु मल1मलाप गन=े ,ु पनम�ल गन=ु ु g

red adj रातो g

reform n सधारु g, p

reform v सधान=ु ु g

region n इलाका, cेऽ g

regular adj बराबर, 1नय1मत, सrयबिःथतु g, an

relation n नाता, सDबEध g

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relationship n सDबEध g

reliable adj Iवँ hसनीय, भरपदp g

religion n धम= g, an

remain v रहन ु g

remaining adj बाँकZ g

remember v याद गन=,ु सDझन ु g

remind v सDझाउन ु g

remove v हटाउन ु g

rent v महशलु, भाडा g

repair v मरमत गन= ु g

replace v बदलM गन= ु g

replacement n बदलM g

reply n जवाफ, उ7र g

representative n ू1त1नधी g, p

request n 1बिEत, अनरोधु , 1नवदने g

required adj चाIहएका, अपिcते g

research n अनसEधानु g

resources n साधन, उपाय g, ag

respect v माE न,ु आदर गन=,ु स&कार गन= ु g, an

respect n मान, अ1भवादन, सDमान, इvजत g, an

responsibility n िजDमा, िजDमवारMे , दाIय&h g

responsible adj िजDमवारे , उ7रदायी g

rest v आराम गन= ु g

restore v जःताको &यःतो पान=,ु पनु:ःथान गन= ु g

result n पXरणाम, न1तजा, फल g

return n Iफता= g

return (to) v फक= न,ु फIक= न ु g

review v फXर हन=े े ,ु पन1ब=चार गन=ु ु g

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revise v दोहोया=उन,ु आबि7 गन=ृ ु g

revised adj सशो1धतं , स�चाईएको, पराव7ु ृ g

revision n सशोधनं , दो॑याउन कामे g

rhinoceros n ग�डा g

rice (cooked) n भात ag, g, h

rice (husked) n चामल ag, h

rice (unhusked) n धान ag, h

rich adj धनी g

right n अ1धकार, हक g

ring v बvन,ु बजाउन ु g

ripen (to) v पा+न ु ag

river n नदM g

road n सडक, बाटो, माग= g

rock n ढGाु g

roof n छान,ु छाना h

room n कोठा h

routine adj 1नि¥त, 1नय1मत g

routine n काय=बम, >Iटन, Qदनचया=, 1न&यकम=को rयrःथा

g

rudiment n मलसऽू ु , सऽपातु , आरDभ, मल त&वू g

rule n 1नयम g

run v क¦ नु ,ु दगन=ु ,ु ब)न,ु भा)न ु g

run (administer) v सचालन गन=ं ,ु चलाउन ु p

rupee n >Iपया g

sack n बोरा g

sadness n द:ुख g

salary n तलब g

sale n 1बIब g

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salt n ननु g, h

same adj एकै, एउटै, सोहM g

sample n नमनाु g

satisfaction n सEतोष, सEतोक g

Saturday n श1नवार g

Saturn n श1न g

save v बचाउन,ु सचय गन=ं ,ु जोगाउन ु g

say v भE न ु g

science n Iव`ान g

scissors n क� ची g

scold v गा1ल गन=,ु हपान= ु g

search v खोvन ु g

secret n गNीु , गNु, गोVय g

secretary n सिचव g

section (of an office) n फांट g

see v द� ने ु g

seed n 1बउ ag

seedling n 1ब>hा ag

selected adj बIढया, अrबल g

selection n छानबीन, रोजाई g

selfish adj ःवाथ�, मतलबी g

selfishness n ःवाथ= बIbु , ःवा1थ=पन g

self-respect n आ&मIवशवास g, an

sell v ब�ने ु g

send back v फका=उन ु g

separate adj ब)ले ै, अलग, छ� याु एको, पथकृ g

separate v छ§ाउनु ,ु छI�नु ,ु अलग पान= ु g

service n नोकरM, सवाे g

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settle v बसोबास गन= ु g

sewing n 1सलाई h

share (financial) n सयरे , Iहःसा g

shared adj साजा, साझा g

she (familiar) pron 1तनी, उनी g

she (formal) pron वहाँ g

shirt n क1मज g, h

shoe(s) n ज7ाु g, h

shop n पसल g

shopkeeper (female) n साहनीु g

shopkeeper (male) n साहजीु g

short (height) adj होचो g

short (length) adj छोटो g

show v दखाउने ु g

show n ूदश=न g

signature n सहM g

silver n चाँदM g

simple adj साधारण g

sincerely (yours) adv भवदMय g

sing v गाउन ु g

sir n साहबे g

sir (business letter) n महोदय g

sister (older) n QददM an

sister (younger) n बIहनी an

sitar n 1सतार g

situation n िःथ1त, अवःथा, हालत g

skill n 1सप, दcता, 1सपालपनु , चातय=ु g

skillful adj 1सपाल,ु 1नपण=ु , कशलु g

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skin n छाला g

sleep v स& नु ु g

sleepy adj 1नEिा g

slip v िचिVलन ु g

slippery adj िचVलो g

small adj सानो g

smallpox n 1बफर g, h

smart adj तजे , बाठो g

snack n खाजा g

snatch v खोःन ु g

snow n Iहउँ g

so conj यस कारण g

social adj सामािजक an

society n समाज an, p

sociology n समाज-शाq g

socks n मोजा g, h

soil n माटो g, ag

soldier n स1नकै g, p

solid adj ठोस g

some (people) adj कोहM g

some (things) adj कहMे g

sometimes adv कIहलकाIहे ँ g

sorrow n क¨ण, द:ुखद g

sound n आhाज g

sour adj अ1मलो g

source n ौोत g

south n दिcण g

sow v छन= ु ag

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sparkle n जगमग g

sparkle v झ:कन,ु ट:कन ु g

speak v बो:न ु g

speak with v करा गन=ु ु g

special adj खास, Iवशषे g

specially n Iवशषगररे े g

speech n ूवचन, भाषण g

speed n ग1त g

spend v खच= गन= ु g

spike n कZला, 1तखो काँडा g

spoon n चDचा g, h

sports n खलकदे ु g

staff (employee) n कम=चारM, काय=कता= g

stake (wooden) n काठको Iकला g

stamp n Iटकट g

stamp (office), seal n छाप p

start v था:न,ु श> गन=ु ु g

state n मलकु ु , राvय g

statistics n तwया� g

statue n म1त=ू g

still adv अझै g

stipend n भ7ा g

stir v चलाउन ु g

stomach n पटे g

stone n ढGाु g

store n पसल g

story n कथा g

straight adj 1सधा g

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strange adj अनौठो g

strength n बल, ताकत, सामwय= g

strong adj ब1लयो g

student n Iव�ाथ� g

student hostel n छाऽवास g

study v प�न,ु अuयन गन= ु g

stupid adj मख=ु g

submit v पश गन=े ु g

subsidy n अनदानु , आ1थ=क सहायता g

subtract v घटाउन ु g

subtraction n घटाउ g

successful adj सफल, 1सb, Iवजयी g

suddenly adv अकःमात, एtा1स g

sugar n िचनी g, h

suggestion n सझाु व, ूःताव g

suitable adj उिचत, उपयोगी, उपय7ु g

summon v डा+न,ु समन गन=,ु आ©वान गन= ु g

sun n सय=ु g

Sunday n आइतवार g

sunshine, sunlight n घाम g

superfluous adj बशीे , चाIहन भEदा ब�ताे , फा:टु g

superstition n क>तीु , अEधIवªास, >IढबादM an

supervise v रखदख गन=े े ु g

supervision n 1नद�शन g

support n समथ=न, आधार, पालन-पोषण g

sure adj 1न¥य, अवँय, 1नःसEदहे g

surplus n ब�ता, बाँकZ रहको कराे ु g

survey n नापजांच, नापी, सव�cण g

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suspicion n शकां g

sweep v बडान=,ु बढान= ु h

sweet adj ग1लयोु g

swim v पौडी ख:ने ु g

swing n IपG g

symbol n सकतं े , इशारा, िचEह g

table n टबले ु h

take (out) v िझ+न ु g

take (to) v 1लन ु g

take (with) v ल)न,ु 1लएर जान,ु 1लएर आउन ु g

talk (with) v करा गन=ु ु g

tall adj अ)लो g

taste n ःhाद g

tasty adj 1मठो, ःhाQदलो g

tax v कर लगाउन ु p

tax n कर p

tea n िचया g, h

teach v 1सकाउन,ु पढाउन ु g

teacher n िशcक, ग>ु g

technical adj ूाIव1धक g

technician n ूाIव1ध` g

tell v भE न ु g

temple n मिEदर an

tenant (land) n मोहM ag

terrible adj भयानक g

test n जांच g

thank you phrase धEयवाद g

that adj &यो g

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then adv अ1न g

there adv &याहाँ g

therefore adv &यसकारण, अत, तसथ= g

these adj यी g

they pron उनीह> g

thick adj बा+लो g

thin adj पातलो g

thing n कराु , िचज g

things n िचज1बज g

think v सो�न,ु Iवचार गन= ु g

thirst n 1तखा= g

this adj यो g

those adj 1त g

thought n Iवचार g

thousand n हजार g

throat n घाँटM g

through prep माफ= त, �ारा g

Thursday n 1बIहबार g

thus adv तसथ=, &यसथ= g

ticket n Iटकट g

tika n Iटका h, an

time n बलाे , समय, बखत, काल g

time (occurrence) n पटक, प:ट, चोटM g

tired (to be) v था+न ु g

tobacco n तमाख,ु सत�ु g

today adv आज g

tomorrow adv भो1ल g

tools n औजार g

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tooth n दाँत g

total n जDमा g

tour n ॅमण g

tourist n पय=टक, टXरःटु g

towards (direction) prep 1तर g

towards (here) prep यता 1तर g

towards (there) prep &यता 1तर g

trade n Yयापार g, p

tragedy n 1बयोग g

training n ता1लम g

transfer v सन=,ु स>hा गन= ु g

translation n अनबादु , उ:था g

transportation n यातायात g

travel v घDनु ,ु याऽा गन=,ु सफर गन= ु g

tree n >ख, बोट g, ag

trouble n तक1लफ, दःखु g

truth n स&यता g

try v कोिशश गन= ु g

Tuesday n मGलबार g

turn n पालो g

turtle n कछवाु g

type n थोक, Iक1सम, ूकार, खाल g

umbrella n छाता g unable adj असमथ= g unanimity n एकमतता, सव=सDम1त, एकमत, मत+यै g uncle (material) n मामा p uncle (paternal) n काका p uncomfortable adj अV{ यारो, असिजलो g

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uncommon adj असाधारण g uncultivated adj बाँझो ag under (authority) prep अEतग=त p unification n एIककरण p unit n एकाई g united adj सय7ं ु g United Nations n सय7 रा¬ सघं ंु p unity n एकता g universe n 1बँ h g university n 1बँ h1ब�ालय g unlimited adj अ1स1मत ् g unpleasant adj नरमाईलो g until (now) prep हालसDम g unusual adj अनौठो g up to prep सDम g urgent adj ज>रM g usage n ूयोग, Yयबहार g use n ूयोग, चलन g usefulness n उपयो1गता, उपकाXरता g usually adv ूायजसो, धरजसोे ै , ूायगररे g utensil n भाँडा कडाुं g utility n उपयोगी, उपय7ु, उपयो1गता g vacancy n Xर� ःथान g vacant adj Xर� g vacation n 1बदा, छ�ीु g value n म:यु g vegetable garden n साग-बारM, तका=रM बारM h Venus (planet) n शबु g

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very adj धरे ै , 1नtै, खबु, सा॑ै, बहतु g village n गाउँ ag, an,

g visit v दश=न गन= ु g voluntary labor n ौमदान p wait v पख=न,ु पिख=न ु g walk v Iह#न,ु Iहडर जाने ु g want v चाहन ु g warehouse (for grain) n गोदाम ag warm adj Eयानो g wash n धनु,ु मा�न ु g watch n घडी g watchman n पाले g water n पानी g water hole n कवाू g water pipe n नलM ag water resources n जल ौोत ag water supply n खान पानी 1बतरणे g watershed n जलाधार ag way n उपाय g we pron हामी, हामीह> g weak adj कमजोर, दrलोु g wealth n सDपती g wear v लगाउन,ु लाउन ु g weather n मौसम g Wednesday n बधबारु g weight n तौल g well n इनार ag, h west n पि¥म g

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what adj, adv के g what time phrase क1त बजे g wheat n गहुँ g when adv/pron कIहले g where (direction) adv/pron काहाँ, कता g which (plural) adj/pron कन कनु ु g which (singular) adj/pron कनु g whichever pron जनप1नु g white adj सतोे g who pron को g why pron Iकन g wide adj फया=क, फराIकलो, चौडा g wind adj हाhा g window n � याल h with prep सगँ g work n काम, काय= g work v काम गन= ु g worker n काय=कता=, कामदार g world n ससारं , लोक g worry n Iपर g worship v पजा गन=ु ु an worthy adj लायक, यो)य g writer n लखके g wrong adj ग:ती, अशbु, बQठके g yak n याक, चौरM g year n बष=, साल g yellow adj पहलोे g yes (polite) adv हजरु g

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yesterday n, adv Iहजो g yet adv अझै g yogurt n दIह h you (familiar) pron 1तमी g you (polite) pron तपाई g youth n जवान g zonal commissioner n अ  चला1धश g zone n अ­ल g zoology n ूाणी-1ब`ान g