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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | Mulukī Aḍḍā | n. a kind of home ministry, under direct control of the Commander-in-Chief and the central administrative unit for internal and civil affairs (cf. Agrawal 1976: 11) and under the executive head of the mulukī subbā; the office recommended to the PM regulations for government servants and laws, chaneled petitions to the PM, supervised revenue collection etc.; was created under Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (Kumar 1967: 101). | t.t. |
| 2521 | Mulukī Bandobasta | n. civil department, office created before July 1908 under PM Candra Śamsera Rāṇā as part of his reforms to decentralize the administration (M.C. Regmi 1976: 55, 59; M.C. Regmi 1984: 12). | t.t. |
| 1371 | mulukī khānā | n. "central treasury established by Jang Bahadur" (Whelpton 1991: 284). | t.t. |
| 553 | munsī | [fr. A. munshí] n. writer, author, teacher or a translator. Munsīs were properly trained scribes and secretaries of the courts. | t.t. |
| 554 | Munsīkhānā | var. munsīṣānā; n. "House of Munsīs", a government office established by Bhīmasena Thāpā that was responsible for dealing with foreign affairs and correspondences. | t.t. |
| 1045 | muri / murī | n. 1) also khetamuri; unit of land measurement in the hill region, comprising 1/4 ropanī with 100 muris in 1 kheta. The area varied according to the grade: 1190 sq. ft. for lands of the best grade, and 1339 sq. ft., 1487 sq. ft., and 1785 sq. ft. for lands of inferior grades. 2) volumetric unit comprising 20 pāthis (with 8 mānas to a pāthi), equivalent to 90.919 (M.R. Pant 2002: 134 ) or 87.23 (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) liters. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; M.C. Regmi 1999: 235 ; M.C. Regmi 1978a: 228 ; M.C. Regmi 1978b: 862 ; Adhikari 1984: 354; M.C. Regmi 1988: 269). | t.t. |
| 2433 | murmī | var. murmi; n. 1) "old Nepali term for Tamangs" (Whelpton 2005: 263); 2) ethnic group living in the Terai. | t.t. |
| 1851 | musāhab | var. musāhib; 1) a follower, companion (Chatterjee 1996: 255 s.v. musahib). 2) a courtier. 3) adjutant (Hesse 2003: 121 s.v. munsahib). | t.t. |
| 2246 | musalamāna | [F. A.] var. musalmān; | t.t. |
| 3065 | muṭhā | [pl. of muṭho] n. bundles, packets, sheafs. | t.t. |
| 1977 | muṭhī | n. a volumetric unit equivalent to 1/10 of a mānā | t.t. |
| 3064 | muṭho | n. a handful, a bundle, a packet, a sheaf (pl. muṭhā). | t.t. |
| 3018 | nāga | [S.] n. snakes, or specifically cobras, considered to be equipped with supernatural powers. They are regarded as suppliers of water and often worshipped as providers of fertility (cf. Cozad 2018). In Buddhism they are considered as keepers of the treasures of Dharma (Huntington and Bangdel 2003, 531). | t.t. |
| 2059 | nagada | var. nagat, nakhat; n. an amount to be paid in cash or ready money, applied especially to land revenue in contradistinction to that which is paid in kind (jinsī) (Wilson 1855: 363 s.v. Naḳdī). | t.t. |
| 2616 | nagarā | var. nagārā; n. large kettledrum played with two sticks, traditionally in ritual and military contexts (Tingey 1997: 96 n. 12), lead instrument of the nagarā bānā musical ensemble. | t.t. |
| 2227 | nāgara | t.t. | |
| 2617 | nagarā bānā | n. Damāī̃ musical ensemble of nine instruments led by the nagarā drum (Tingey 1997: 100). | t.t. |
| 2618 | nagarcī | var. nagarci, nagārci, nagārcī; n. 1) person playing the nagarā drum. 2) lead drummer of the nagarā bānā musical ensemble. 3) respectful address for a member of the Damāī̃ community. | t.t. |
| 2271 | nāike | [fr. Skt. nāyaka] var. nā̃īke, nāeka; | t.t. |
| 2957 | nainasuta | n. a kind of fine white cotton cloth. | t.t. |
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