As a Hindi name
नेपाली · feminine
Nepali
नेपाली
Nepalese; of or pertaining to Nepal
Śabdasāgara also records: नेपाल का । नेपाल में रहने या होनेवाला · नेपाल संबंधी
Cited formation "नेपाली" is नेपाल + -ई: नेपाल means "Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नेपाली" is नेपाल + -ई: नेपाल means "Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नेपाली" is नेपाल + -ई: नेपाल means "Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
red arsenic
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Dictionary citations
nepālī f. red arsenic, L.
the wild date-tree or its fruit, L.
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