ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2791 | cautāro | n. platform for sitting on, usually erected under a tree or at crossroads. | t.t. |
2872 | caũrī | [fr. S. camarī] var. caurī; n. yak's tail; a fly-whisk (see also cãvara / camara). | t.t. |
2909 | cā̃dī | [fr. S. candrikā] var. cādī; n. silver. | t.t. |
2997 | cãvara / camara | var. cavara; n. yak's tail; a fly-whisk (see also caũrī). | t.t. |
2572 | CB | title of a member of the third class (Companion) of "The Most Honourable Order of the Bath", founded by King George I in 1725 and restructured in 1815; other classes are: GCB and KCB. | t.t. |
1794 | cepāṅ | var. cepāṃ, cepāṃga; n. Chepang, an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Mahabharat mountain range of central Nepal. | t.t. |
1979 | chāpa | n. 1) seal, stamp. 2) stamped item. 3) land granted by the state to individuals on a life-time basis in return for service (Adhikari 1984: 347; M.C. Regmi 1978: 855; M.C. Regmi 1995: 76; M.C. Regmi 2002: 298) . 4.) emolument in the form of land, specifically to Thāpās, i.e. Magars? (Parājuli et al. 1995: s.v. "5. ... thāpāko khāngī"). | t.t. |
1763 | chāpachapyālī | var. chāpachapeli, chāpachapālī, chāpchapyālī; n. holder of a chāpa (birtā)? | t.t. |
2584 | chāpīṃ | n. meaning of the term chāpīṃ is not entirely clear. We assume that it is derived from the Newari term chyāpaṃ/chyākaṃ meaning “commission, profit” (Koelver/Shresthacarya 1994 s.v. chyākaṃ and chyāpaṃ ). In MA-54 2.13, , the term seems to be rather applied to a government official who in the context of a private land sale arranges that the sale does not take place between the initial parties, but between the seller and an outbidder, most probably receiving a commission from the outbidder for his sanction of the sale. | t.t. |
2883 | chāprī | var. chāparī; n. a metall vessel for storing pūjā materials. | t.t. |
2581 | chaudharī | n. a revenue collection functionary at the paragannā level in the Tarai districts. #AZ@#SC: plz check against caudhari (ID 1160 caudhari) | t.t. |
139 | Chebhaḍela | n. government institution responsible for building and renovating state houses and properties (M.C. Regmi 1978: 856; M.C. Regmi 1978: 226); “The Chhebhadel according to Brian Hodgson, was a tribunal for the settlement of all disputes relating to houses which did not possess criminal jurisdiction. The chief of this office Chhibha collected taxes and payments as well from the inhabitants of Kathmandu, as well as from traders visiting the town from outside. He was in charge of the supply of fuelwood to the royal palace. He also caught cattle, goats, sheep and horses which were let loose in the field and handed them over to the royal cattle sheds.“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 5): 125). | t.t. |
2595 | Chipa | [New., San. Rañjitakāra] n. a Newar caste whose members are cloth dyers by profession. | t.t. |
2575 | chipochāpo | n. tax on dyers and printers of cloth (RRS 15.10 [October 1983], p. 145). | t.t. |
2983 | chiṭa | var. chīṭa; n. chintz, printed calico. | t.t. |
2801 | chohorā | var. choharā, chohārā; n. 1) date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). 2) dried date. | t.t. |
2702 | Choṭī Guṭhī Kharca Aḍḍā | n. regional office responsible for managing the expenses of the guṭhīs working under the head of the Guṭhī Bandobasta Aḍḍā. | t.t. |
2695 | Choṭī Jaṅgī Kotavālī | var. Choṭī Jaṅgī Koṭavālī, Choṭī Jaṅgī Koṭvālī; n. regional army station. | t.t. |
2921 | churī | var. churi; n. knife. | t.t. |
2715 | chuṭaguṭhī / chūṭaguṭhī | n. royal guṭhī endowment administered by individuals, abolished in 1972 (M.C. Regmi 1999a: 234; cf.: Regmi 1978: 856). | t.t. |