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English words, with meanings in Nepali. नेपाली

ENGLISH → NEPALI

cough

/kɑf/verb · interjection · noun
01
verb

फोक्सोबाट हावालाई स्वरयन्त्र (ग्लोटिस) मार्फत (छोटो, विस्फोटक आवाज निकाल्दै) र मुखबाट बाहिर निकाल्नु, प्रायः श्वासमार्ग अवरोध वा उत्तेजित गर्ने कुनै कुरा बाहिर निकाल्नका लागि।

To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.

In a sentence

I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.

मैले गल्तीले फोक्सोभर धुवाँ भित्र तानें र खोक्न थालें।

A note on usage

intransitive

02
interjection

खोकीको आवाज (नाम अर्थ १) देखाउन प्रयोग गरिन्छ, विशेष गरी आउँदो भनाइमा ध्यान केन्द्रित गर्दा, प्रायः दोषारोपण वा शिष्टोक्तिको रूपमा: अहम्।

Used to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.

In a sentence

He was—cough—indisposed.

उनी—ख्म्—अस्वस्थ थिए।

03
noun

फोक्सोबाट हावाको अचानक, प्रायः अनैच्छिक, स्वरयन्त्र (ग्लोटिस) मार्फत (छोटो, विस्फोटक आवाज निकाल्दै) र मुखबाट बाहिर निस्कने क्रिया।

A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.

In a sentence

Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.

मेरो पछाडि मैले एउटा स्पष्ट, सुक्खा खोकी सुनें।

04
noun

बारम्बार खोक्ने एक चरण; साथै, एक चिकित्सकीय अवस्था जसले मानिसलाई खोक्न लगाउँछ।

A bout of repeated coughing (verb etymology 1 sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.

In a sentence

whooping cough

लहरे खोकी

Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.

माफ गर्नुहोस्, म आज काममा आउन सक्दिनँ—मलाई नराम्रो खोकी लागेको छ।