Nepal

See also: Nepál and Népal

English

A map of Nepal, with claims in light green.

Flag of Nepal.

Alternative forms

• Nepaul (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪˈpɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nəˈpɔːl/

• Audio (US):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /nəˈpɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl, (cot–caught merger) -ɑl

Proper noun

Nepal

2. A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.

Derived terms

• Nepal Standard Time
• Nepalbhasa
• Nepalese
• Nepali

Translations

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

• Afrikaans: Nepal
• Albanian: Nepal m, Nepali (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: ኔፓል (nepal)
• Arabic: نِيبَال f (nēpāl), نِيبَال f (nībāl)

  Hijazi Arabic: نيبال f (nībāl, nīpāl)

• Armenian: Նեպալ (Nepal)
• Assamese: নেপাল (nepal)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܹܦܵܠ f (nepal)
• Asturian: Nepal (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Nepal (az)
• Bashkir: Непал (Nepal)
• Belarusian: Непа́л m (Njepál), Нэпа́л m (Nepál)
• Bengali: নেপাল (bn) (nepal)
• Breton: Nepal
• Bulgarian: Непа́л (bg) f (Nepál)
• Burmese: နိပော (ni.pau:)
• Buryat: Балба (Balba), Непал (Njepal)
• Catalan: Nepal (ca) m
• Chakma: 𑄚𑄬𑄛𑄣𑄴 (nepāl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (nei⁴ bok⁶ ji⁵)

  Mandarin: 尼泊爾／尼泊尔 (zh) (Níbó'ěr)

• Czech: Nepál (cs) m
• Danish: Nepal (da) n
• Dhivehi: ނޭޕާލް (nēpāl)
• Dutch: Nepal (nl) n
• Dzongkha: བལ་ཡུལ (bal yul)
• Esperanto: Nepalo (eo)
• Estonian: Nepal (et)
• Farefare: Nepal
• Faroese: Nepal n
• Finnish: Nepal (fi)
• French: Népal (fr) m
• Galician: Nepal (gl) m
• Georgian: ნეპალი (ka) (neṗali)
• German: Nepal (de) n
• Greek: Νεπάλ (el) n (Nepál)
• Gujarati: નેપાળ (gu) (nepāḷ)
• Hausa: Nepal
• Hawaiian: Nepala
• Hebrew: נֶפָּאל (he) f (nepál)
• Hindi: नेपाल (hi) m (nepāl), नैपाल (hi) m (naipāl)
• Hungarian: Nepál (hu)
• Icelandic: Nepal (is) n
• Ido: Nepal (io)
• Indonesian: Nepal (id)
• Interlingua: Nepal
• Irish: Neipeal f
• Italian: Nepal (it) m
• Japanese: ネパール (ja) (Nepāru), ニハラ (Nihara)
• Kalenjin: Nepal
• Kalmyk: Балв (Balv)
• Kannada: ನೇಪಾಳ (kn) (nēpāḷa)
• Kazakh: Непал (kk) (Nepal)
• Khmer: នេប៉ាល់ (neipal)
• Kikuyu: Nepal, Nepal
• Korean: 네팔 (ko) (Nepal), 니파라 (Nipara)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Nepal (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Непал (ky) (Nepal)
• Lao: ເນປານ (nē pān)
• Latgalian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Nepalia f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Nepāla (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Nepalas (lt) m
• Luhya: Nepal
• Luo: Nepal
• Macedonian: Непал (mk) m (Nepal)
• Malagasy: Nepaly
• Malay: Nepal (ms)
• Malayalam: നേപ്പാള് (nēppāḷ), നേപാളം (nēpāḷaṁ)
• Maori: Nepōra
• Marathi: नेपाळ (nepāḷ)
• Meru: Nepal
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Балба (mn) (Balba), Непал (Nepal)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠯᠪᠤ (balbu)

• Navajo: Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii bikéyah
• Nepali: नेपाल (ne) (nepāl)
• Newar: नेवाः (newā:), नेपाः (nepā:)
• Norman: Népal m
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nepal (no) n

  Nynorsk: Nepal (nn) n

• Nuosu: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: Nepal (oc) m
• Odia: ନେପାଲ (nepāla)
• Pashto: نيپال (ps) m (nepāl), نېپال m (nepāl)
• Persian:

  Dari: نیپَال (nēpāl)

  Iranian Persian: نِپال (fa) (nepâl)

• Polish: Nepal (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Nepal (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਨੇਪਾਲ m (nepāl)

• Romanian: Nepal (ro) n
• Russian: Непа́л (ru) m (Nepál)
• Sanskrit: नेपाल (sa) m (nepāla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нѐпа̄л m

  Roman: Nèpāl (sh) m

• Sherpa: नेपालकी (nepālakī)
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sindhi: نيپال
• Sinhalese: නේපාලය (nēpālaya)
• Slovak: Nepál m
• Slovene: Nepal (sl) m
• Spanish: Nepal (es) m
• Swahili: Nepal (sw)
• Swedish: Nepal (sv) n
• Tagalog: Nepal
• Tajik: Непал (tg) (Nepal)
• Tamil: நேபாளம் (nēpāḷam), நேப்பாளம் (nēppāḷam)
• Telugu: నేపాల్ (te) (nēpāl)
• Thai: เนปาล (th) (nee-bpaan)
• Tibetan: བལ་ཡུལ (bal yul), ནེ་པ་ལ (ne pa la)
• Tigrinya: ኔፓል (nepal)
• Turkish: Nepal (tr)
• Turkmen: Nepal
• Ukrainian: Непа́л (uk) m (Nepál)
• Urdu: نیپال m (nepāl)
• Uyghur: نېپال (nëpal)
• Uzbek: Nepal (uz)
• Vietnamese: Nê-pan
• Western Panjabi: نیپال (pnb) (nepāl)
• Yakut: Непал (Nepal)
• Yiddish: נעפּאַל (nepal)
• Yoruba: Nepa

See also

• Kathmandu
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Further reading

• Nepal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nepal on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Nepal on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Nepal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, penal, plane, plena

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India; capital: Katmandoe)

Derived terms

• Nepalees

Further reading

• Nepal on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

Asturian

Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Related terms

• nepalés

Further reading

• Nepal on the Asturian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ast

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of Nepal
	singular	plural
nominative	Nepal	Nepallar
definite accusative	Nepalı	Nepalları
dative	Nepala	Nepallara
locative	Nepalda	Nepallarda
ablative	Nepaldan	Nepallardan
definite genitive	Nepalın	Nepalların

Possessive forms of Nepal
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalım	Nepallarım
sənin (“your”)	Nepalın	Nepalların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalı	Nepalları
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımız	Nepallarımız
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınız	Nepallarınız
onların (“their”)	Nepalı or Nepalları	Nepalları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalımı	Nepallarımı
sənin (“your”)	Nepalını	Nepallarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalını	Nepallarını
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımızı	Nepallarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınızı	Nepallarınızı
onların (“their”)	Nepalını or Nepallarını	Nepallarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalıma	Nepallarıma
sənin (“your”)	Nepalına	Nepallarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalına	Nepallarına
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımıza	Nepallarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınıza	Nepallarınıza
onların (“their”)	Nepalına or Nepallarına	Nepallarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalımda	Nepallarımda
sənin (“your”)	Nepalında	Nepallarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalında	Nepallarında
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımızda	Nepallarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınızda	Nepallarınızda
onların (“their”)	Nepalında or Nepallarında	Nepallarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalımdan	Nepallarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Nepalından	Nepallarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalından	Nepallarından
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımızdan	Nepallarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınızdan	Nepallarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Nepalından or Nepallarından	Nepallarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Nepalımın	Nepallarımın
sənin (“your”)	Nepalının	Nepallarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Nepalının	Nepallarının
bizim (“our”)	Nepalımızın	Nepallarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Nepalınızın	Nepallarınızın
onların (“their”)	Nepalının or Nepallarının	Nepallarının

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈpal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [neˈpal]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Derived terms

• (Nepali): nepalès, (Valencian) nepalés

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Danish

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Derived terms

• nepaleser
• nepalesisk

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːʰpal/
• Rhymes: -eːʰpal

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Nepal
Accusative	Nepal
Dative	Nepali
Genitive	Nepals

Derived terms

• nepalskur

Finnish

Etymology

From Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnepɑl/, [ˈne̞pɑ̝l]
• Rhymes: -epɑl
• Hyphenation^(key): Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Inflection of Nepal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Nepal	—
genitive		Nepalin	—
partitive		Nepalia	—
illative		Nepaliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nepal	—
accusative	nom.	Nepal	—
	gen.	Nepalin
genitive		Nepalin	—
partitive		Nepalia	—
inessive		Nepalissa	—
elative		Nepalista	—
illative		Nepaliin	—
adessive		Nepalilla	—
ablative		Nepalilta	—
allative		Nepalille	—
essive		Nepalina	—
translative		Nepaliksi	—
abessive		Nepalitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Nepal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nepalini — accusative nom. Nepalini — gen. Nepalini genitive Nepalini — partitive Nepaliani — inessive Nepalissani — elative Nepalistani — illative Nepaliini — adessive Nepalillani — ablative Nepaliltani — allative Nepalilleni — essive Nepalinani — translative Nepalikseni — abessive Nepalittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nepalisi — accusative nom. Nepalisi — gen. Nepalisi genitive Nepalisi — partitive Nepaliasi — inessive Nepalissasi — elative Nepalistasi — illative Nepaliisi — adessive Nepalillasi — ablative Nepaliltasi — allative Nepalillesi — essive Nepalinasi — translative Nepaliksesi — abessive Nepalittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nepalimme — accusative nom. Nepalimme — gen. Nepalimme genitive Nepalimme — partitive Nepaliamme — inessive Nepalissamme — elative Nepalistamme — illative Nepaliimme — adessive Nepalillamme — ablative Nepaliltamme — allative Nepalillemme — essive Nepalinamme — translative Nepaliksemme — abessive Nepalittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nepalinne — accusative nom. Nepalinne — gen. Nepalinne genitive Nepalinne — partitive Nepalianne — inessive Nepalissanne — elative Nepalistanne — illative Nepaliinne — adessive Nepalillanne — ablative Nepaliltanne — allative Nepalillenne — essive Nepalinanne — translative Nepaliksenne — abessive Nepalittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Nepalinsa — accusative nom. Nepalinsa — gen. Nepalinsa genitive Nepalinsa — partitive Nepaliaan Nepaliansa — inessive Nepalissaan Nepalissansa — elative Nepalistaan Nepalistansa — illative Nepaliinsa — adessive Nepalillaan Nepalillansa — ablative Nepaliltaan Nepaliltansa — allative Nepalilleen Nepalillensa — essive Nepalinaan Nepalinansa — translative Nepalikseen Nepaliksensa — abessive Nepalittaan Nepalittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• nepalilainen

 

compounds

• nepalinpäästäinen

 

Gagauz

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːpal/

• Audio (Austria):

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Proper noun

Nepal n (proper noun, genitive Nepals or (optionally with an article) Nepal)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Derived terms

• Nepalese
• nepalesisch

Further reading

• “Nepal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːpʰa(ː)l/

Proper noun

Nepal n (proper noun, genitive singular Nepal or Nepals)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of Nepal (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Nepal
accusative	Nepal
dative	Nepal
genitive	Nepal, Nepals

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈpal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: Ne‧pàl

Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Derived terms

• nepalese

Anagrams

• panel

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Related terms

• nepaler
• nepalsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Related terms

• nepalar
• nepalsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.pal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛpal
• Syllabification: Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of Nepal

	singular
nominative	Nepal
genitive	Nepalu
dative	Nepalowi
accusative	Nepal
instrumental	Nepalem
locative	Nepalu
vocative	Nepalu

Derived terms

adjective

• nepalski

 

nouns

• Nepalczyk
• Nepalka

 

Further reading

• Nepal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈpaw/ [neˈpaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈpal/ [nɨˈpaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈpal/ [nɨˈpaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈpa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Derived terms

• nepalês

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /něpaːl/
• Hyphenation: Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nèpāl m (Cyrillic spelling Нѐпа̄л)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of Nepal

	singular
nominative	Nèpāl
genitive	Nepála
dative	Nepalu
accusative	Nepal
vocative	Nepale
locative	Nepalu
instrumental	Nepalom

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈpal/ [neˈpal]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nepal m

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Anagrams

• panel, pelan, plena

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nepal n (genitive Nepals)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Related terms

• nepales
• nepalesisk
• nepalesiska

References

• Nepal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• alpen, plane

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nepal (“Nepal”), from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /neˈpal/ [n̪ɛˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Ne‧pal

Proper noun

Nepál (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉᜎ᜔)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Further reading

• “Nepal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• penal

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Declension

Declension of Nepal

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Nepal	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Nepal'ı	-
dative (yönelme)	Nepal'a	-
locative (bulunma)	Nepal'da	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Nepal'dan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Nepal'ın	-

    possessive of Nepal

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Nepal'ım	Nepallarım / Nepal'larım
senin (your)	Nepal'ın	Nepalların / Nepal'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Nepal'ı	Nepalları / Nepal'ları
bizim (our)	Nepal'ımız	Nepallarımız / Nepal'larımız
sizin (your)	Nepal'ınız	Nepallarınız / Nepal'larınız
onların (their)	Nepal'ı / Nepalları / Nepal'ları	Nepalları / Nepal'ları

Related terms

• Nepalce
• Nepalli

See also

• (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen

Turkmen

Proper noun

Nepal

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Welsh

Proper noun

Nepal m (not mutable)

1. Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gogledd Corea, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrcmenistan, Wsbecistan

Related terms

• Nepalaidd (“Nepali”, adjective)
• Nepaliad (“Nepali person”)