ENGLISH → NEPALI
eponym
कुनै व्यक्तिको नामबाट लिइएको नाम, सोही नामको स्थाननाम, शब्द आदि।
A name taken from a person, a namesake toponym, term, etc.
In a sentence
Alexandria is an eponym, taken from its founder Alexander the Great.
अलेक्जेन्ड्रिया एउटा एपोनिम हो, जो यसका संस्थापक सिकन्दर महानको नामबाट लिइएको छ।
proscribed; sometimes
जसले वा कथित रूपमा जसले कुनै जाति, स्थान, संस्था आदिलाई आफ्नो नाम दियो।
A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc.
In a sentence
The Greeks and Romans tended to credit nearly every location and ethnicity to a legendary eponym, Hellas to Hellen, Rome to Romulus, Egypt to Aegyptus, etc.
ग्रिक र रोमनहरूले लगभग हरेक स्थान र जातीयताको श्रेय कुनै पौराणिक एपोनिमलाई दिन्थे — हेलसलाई हेलेन, रोमलाई रोमुलस, इजिप्टलाई एजिप्टस, आदि।
एपिटोमको पर्यायवाची, कुनै गुण, विचारधारा आदिको प्रतीक वा सर्वोत्कृष्ट प्रतिनिधिको रूपमा लिइने व्यक्ति।
Synonym of epitome, a person taken as a symbol or quintessential representative of some trait, school, etc.
In a sentence
Rockefeller became the very eponym of wealth.
रकफेलर धनको नै पर्याय बने।
archaic
कुनै पनि व्यक्तिवाचक नामबाट व्युत्पन्न नाम वा शब्द, जसमा स्थान, ब्रान्ड आदि पनि समावेश छन्।
A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.
In a sentence
"Tangerine" is an eponym in reference to Tangier... The unflattering eponym "shanghai" derived from the behavior of American shippers, not the Chinese themselves...
"ट्यान्जरिन" ट्यान्जियरको सन्दर्भमा एउटा एपोनिम हो... अपमानजनक एपोनिम "साङ्घाई" अमेरिकी जहाजीहरूको व्यवहारबाट आएको हो, चिनियाँहरू आफैंबाट होइन...
broadly; proscribed; sometimes
एपिथेटको पर्यायवाची, विशिष्ट बनाउने उपाधि।
Synonym of epithet, a distinguishing title.
In a sentence
It was only posthumously that Julian was distinguished with the eponym "Apostate".
यो मरणोपरान्त मात्र भयो कि जुलियनलाई "धर्मत्यागी" उपाधिले विशिष्ट बनाइयो।
archaic