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Nepali

Nepali

3.7
A person born in or living in Nepal
  • noun
  • /nɛˈpɑli/
translation icon : nepalí
  • Buddha, Nepali.

Examples

  • Unika is a Nepali from the Newar ethnic group.

  • The youngest Nepali, an 18-year-old kitchen boy named Shyan Kumar, had been buried the longest in the avalanche.

  • With more than 60 percent of all mountaineers in Nepal traveling to the Sherpa's home region of Khumbu, the Sherpas now earn about seven times the income of the average Nepali.

Synonyms

Nepalese
vsNepali
2 3.2

A person from Nepal

is an alternative form used for the same meaning

Compounds

Nepali language
4.9

The main language spoken in Nepal and parts of northern India

Surface Forms

Nepali singular
Nepalis plural

Morphology

Nepali = Nepal (transparent) = Nepal + i

A regular demonym formation: the country name 'Nepal' plus the productive suffix '-i' yields a resident of Nepal; meaning is directly identifiable.

Etymology

Nepali comes from the country name Nepal plus the ending -i, which means 'from' or 'of'. So a Nepali is a person 'from Nepal'.