As a Hindi name
नेपाल · noun · masculine
हिंदुस्तान के उत्तर में एक रुखा पहाड़ी देश जो हिमालय के तट पर है · ताम्र । ताँबा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
नेपाल · nepāl · s.m.
The country of Nepal in the north of India — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1164
नेपाल · masculine
Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नेपाल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नेपाल (nepāla)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nepāla m. N. of a country and (pl.) of a people, Nepal or the Nepalese, Var.; Rājat. &c.
a species of sugarcane, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of sugarcane
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Dictionary citations
nepāla m. N. of a country and (pl.) of a people, Nepal or the Nepalese, Var.; Rājat. &c.
a species of sugarcane, L.
nepāla n. copper, L.
nepāla n. (-laḥ) The country of Nepal. E. ne a chief: see the last, and pāla cherishing.
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