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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1113 | sunābirtā | n. privately owned land which is liable to some taxation (cf. Whelpton 1991: 286). This form of land grants emerged when raikara (state owned) land was sold to individuals, and they were originally tax free and inheritable. Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha levied taxes on such lands in the Kathmandu Valley (cf. Regmi 1964: 39-40@BJ). | t.t. |
| 2495 | sunāguṭhī | n. | t.t. |
| 2409 | sunāra | [fr. S. suvarṇakāra]; n. a goldsmith. | t.t. |
| 1795 | sunuvāra | n. an ethnic group in the eastern hills of Nepal. | t.t. |
| 2853 | surāhī | [P.] var. surahī; n. a water jar with a long narrow neck. | t.t. |
| 2924 | suruvāla | n. tight-fitting trousers. | t.t. |
| 1999 | sūryamukhī | var. surjamukhi, surjamukhī, surjemukhi, surjemukhī; n. lit. "sun-face" or "sun-flower", a certain type of buffalo. | t.t. |
| 2108 | susāre | var. susāryā; n. 1) a caretaker, maid or servant. 2) a slave (K_0210_0064). | t.t. |
| 3094 | suvāro | n., privately held pākho land (Ingnam VS 2081: 848). | t.t. |
| 3056 | svāmī | [S.] a Hindu ascetic or religious teacher; specifically a senior member of a religious order, also used as a title. | t.t. |
| 2759 | śvetavārāhakalpa | [S.] also varāhakalpa; n. "aeon of [Viṣṇu's incarnation as] the white boar", the present cosmic cycle and first of the second half of the life of Brahmā (González-Reimann 2020). | t.t. |
| 2322 | syāhā | n. account book. Cash book (Adhikari 1984: 357); to what stage of account keeping it exactly refers remains uncleac. | t.t. |
| 752 | syāhāmohara | n. 1) seal of government offices. 2) royal document from the Sen kings (and other local kings) bearing a black seal (Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 185; Michael 2012: 134). | t.t. |
| 2772 | syāḥbaji | n. puffed rice; derived from siyābaji, which literally means dry-heated beaten rice, syāḥbaji is actually dry-heated rice that is taken as a form of baji (beaten rice). | t.t. |
| 2911 | syā̃gī | var. syāgī; n. a straight, long, knifelike cutting tool. | t.t. |
| 2809 | ṭāgo/ ṭāgā | n. a measuring stick of a certain length used in land measurement in Nepal. In abbala land 8×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī, in doyama land 9×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī and in sima land 10×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī (Khatiwoda, Cubelic and Michaels 2021: 123). | t.t. |
| 1136 | tahabila | [lw. H. taẖwīl fr. Ar.] var. tahabil, tahabīla; n. 1) account keeping of household expenditure. 2) an office for private accounts. | t.t. |
| 1665 | tahabiladāra | [fr. A.] var. tahavīldāra; n. cashier or treasurer of a government institution (cf. Adhikari 1984: 357; Karmacharya 2001: 326), they would "receive the money brought in and pay the fees and salaries of the officials of that office [i.e. the Kumārīcoka].“ (Edwards 1975: 108). | t.t. |
| 2135 | tahasila | [fr. A. taḥṣīl] n. a small administrative unit; subdivision of a district under the charge of a tahasiladāra; in British administration, in size between a district and a pragannā (Michael 2012: 134). | t.t. |
| 2400 | tahasila aḍḍā | office responsible for collecting dues and receiving taxes. | t.t. |
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