ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2833 | terija | var. terīja; n. a summation (of amounts, or items), summary, list, abstract. | t.t. |
2070 | terso bāṭo | n. a level path. | t.t. |
2697 | thakālī | var. ṭhakālī, thakāli; n. 1) ethnic group originally living in the Kali Gandaki Valley north-west of Pokhara, south of Mustang (Whelpton 2005: 266). 2) elder, senior of certain social groups as e.g. in Newar families or guṭhi associations or among merchants in Lhasa. | t.t. |
2779 | ṭhākura | [H.] n. an idol; a deity; any individual entitled to reverence or respect (Wilson 1855: 517). In the Kathmandu valley, the title thākura is mostly used by the Malla kings. As thākura also means deity, the Malla kings attempt to ensure that the title does not liken them to a deity by using only double veneration (śrī) for themselves while three for the deities. | t.t. |
2896 | thāla | [fr. S. sthāla] n. a large flat metal plate or dish, a tray. | t.t. |
2857 | thālī | [thāla+ī] n. a flat metal plate or dish. | t.t. |
1801 | Thāmī | var. thāmi; n. an ethnic group. | t.t. |
2201 | ṭhānā / thānā | [fr. S. sthāna] n. a police or military office with semi-judicial functions responsible for upholding public order (cf. Adhikari 1984: 243). In the Mulukī Ain, adālatas, ṭhānās and amālas were the central institutions for judicial administration (see, for example, MA-KM 1854 1.5, 19 and 21). | t.t. |
2523 | ṭhānedāra / thānedāra | [lw. H.] n. police officer in charge of a ṭhānā. According to Turner the term was used in British India but not in Nepal where this officer is usually called ṭhānā ko subidār or subedār (Turner 1931: s.v. ṭhānedār) | t.t. |
2743 | thānī | n. 1) a local man of standing, village headman. 2) a deity specific to a locality. | t.t. |
2650 | thapāḥju | [New.] n. the most senior of the elders (āju) of a monastery. In bāhāḥs, the most senior āju is always a Vajrācārya, who is also called casalāḥju, a derivative of Cakreśvara āju. This, however, does not apply to a bāhāḥ that does not have a Vajrācārya member. | t.t. |
2347 | thara | n. 1) group of persons bearing the same surname; clan; sub-caste. 2) "a functionary junior to the in-charge of a revenue office" (Karmacharya 2001: 94). 3) synononym of tharaghara (cf. M.R. Pant 2002: 136; cf. tharaghara). | t.t. |
1938 | tharaghara | n. 1) originally referred to the leaders of the thirty-six clans (thara) of which the nobility of Gorkha consisted (Riccardi 1977: 47 n. 5). 2) member of the six clans (cha thara) of Pā̃ḍe, Pantha, Aryjāla, Khanāla, Rānā, and Bohorā, who supposedly assisted Dravya Shah in the conquest of Gorkha (Edwards 1975: 108). They were heriditary dignitaries, in the 11th of Rāma Śāha's edicts charged with the duty of protecting the throne and lawfulness (Riccardi 1977: 49). These six clans form the top level of the 36 clans of the Gorkhali nobility (ibid.: 62 n. 1). Persons from these six tharas often oversaw land measurements. 3) Also known as chatharīya, a clan within the Newar Śreṣtha caste group which are considered superior to Asala Śreṣṭha and other Śreṣṭhas of lower rank (MA-54 145.7-8). | t.t. |
1845 | tharī | var. thari; n. 1) head of a clan (thara), elder; 2) "nonofficial tax collection functionary (in the hill districts)" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 867). | t.t. |
1959 | tharthoka | n. representatives of six families, viz. Pā̃ḍe, Pantha, Arjyāl, Khanāl, Ranā and Boharā, and Basnyāt. | t.t. |
1797 | thārū | var. thāru; n. generic term for a large group of people living in the Terai (see Bista 1996: 130-138); classified in the MA as "Enslavable Alcohol-Drinkers" (Höfer 2004: 9). | t.t. |
2125 | ṭheka | var. thega; n. "generic term used to denote various categories of contractual systems for the collection of taxes" (Michael 2012: 135; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 270). | t.t. |
2669 | ṭhekā | n. wooden cylindric vessel with a tapered neck and a lid, typically used for storing yoghurt or buttermilk. | t.t. |
2476 | ṭhekadāra | var. ṭhekaḍāra, ṭhekādār, ṭhikidār, ṭhekdār; n. contractor. 1) person who holds a ṭheka for the collection of taxes (M.C. Regmi 1988: 270). 2) farmer who rents his land. | t.t. |
794 | ṭhekathiti | n. 1) settlement with the village community represented by the mukhiyā for the collection of taxes on rice-lands and homesteads in the villages of the far eastern hill region and the Baisī region. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 270, M.C. Regmi 1978b: 867). | t.t. |