Newar (Nepal Bhasa)
names 9objects 7ISO 639-3 new
Spoken in the Kathmandu valley.
vernacular 5 · borrowed 4
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| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| नगु गाः nagu gāḥ, pucaḥ nagu gāḥ | 'Constellation' as a word | 'a group of stars' At the headword khākhem, where Manandhar gives kheca gāḥ 'a hen's egg' beside nagu gāḥ 'a constellation, group of many stars' and pucaḥ nagu gāḥ 'a group of many stars'. | vernacular |
| नगु nagu | 'Star' as a word | Jørgensen glosses it 'a star, nakṣatra' and cites the Chittadharma Vaṃśāvalī. | vernacular |
| धुर्म्मकेतु dhurmmaketu | Comets | Malla glosses it 'name of a planet, a comet', from a manuscript of Nepal Saṃvat 883 (1763 CE), and derives it from Sanskrit dhūmaketu. | borrowed |
| ताहाव नगतिं tāhāva nagatiṃ | Comets | 'the long star' Malla glosses it 'shooting star, a comet' and quotes a manuscript of Nepal Saṃvat 811 (1691 CE): a shooting star appeared. He gives the modern form as tāhāhnagu. | vernacular |
| स्वय् नगु svay nagu | Figures with no secure modern identification | Manandhar glosses it 'a particular constellation of stars' and no more. | vernacular |
| म्हेप्वना तहाँ नगु mhepwanā tahā̃ nagu | Meteors and shooting stars | 'the star with a drawn-out tail' At the headword nhipyaṃ 'tail'. | vernacular |
| उलोक ulok, ulak | Meteors and shooting stars | Jørgensen derives it from Sanskrit ulkā. | borrowed |
| आद्र ādra | Orion | Malla cites a manuscript of Nepal Saṃvat 509 — 1389 CE — and derives it from Sanskrit ārdrā. | borrowed |
| आकाश गंगा ākāśa gaṅgā | The Milky Way | 'the Ganges of the sky' Manandhar glosses it 'the celestial Ganges, a heavenly river, Milky Way' and marks it a loan. | borrowed |
Sources
- Thakur Lal Manandhar, Newari-English Dictionary: Modern Language of Kathmandu Valley (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 1986), s.v. नगु गाः, p. 39 link
- Hans Jørgensen, A Dictionary of the Classical Newārī (Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, 1936), s.v. नगु, p. 99 link
- Kamal P. Malla et al., A Dictionary of Classical Newari, Compiled from Manuscript Sources (Kathmandu: Nepal Bhasa Dictionary Committee, 2000), s.v. धुर्म्मकेतु, p. 245 link
- Kamal P. Malla et al., A Dictionary of Classical Newari, Compiled from Manuscript Sources (Kathmandu: Nepal Bhasa Dictionary Committee, 2000), s.v. ताहाव नगतिं, p. 179 link
- Thakur Lal Manandhar, Newari-English Dictionary: Modern Language of Kathmandu Valley (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 1986), s.v. स्वय् नगु, p. 271 link
- Thakur Lal Manandhar, Newari-English Dictionary: Modern Language of Kathmandu Valley (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 1986), s.v. म्हेप्वना तहाँ नगु, p. 137 link
- Hans Jørgensen, A Dictionary of the Classical Newārī (Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, 1936), s.v. उलोक, p. 29 link
- Kamal P. Malla et al., A Dictionary of Classical Newari, Compiled from Manuscript Sources (Kathmandu: Nepal Bhasa Dictionary Committee, 2000), s.v. आद्र, p. 18 link
- Thakur Lal Manandhar, Newari-English Dictionary: Modern Language of Kathmandu Valley (Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 1986), s.v. आकाश गंगा, p. 10 link