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English words, with meanings in Nepali. नेपाली

ENGLISH → NEPALI

houseless

/ˈhaʊsləs/adjective
01
adjective

स्थायी बासस्थान नभएको तर व्यापक अर्थमा 'घर' नभएको होइन

Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.

In a sentence

He said that he was houseless but not homeless because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home.

उनले आफू घरबारविहीन होइन तर आवासहीन भएको बताए किनभने उनी त्यस समुदायको विद्यालयमा पढ्थे, त्यहाँ मतदानका लागि दर्ता थिए, र सत्र वर्षदेखि टिपीमा बस्दै आएका थिए। उनले त्यो टिपी आफ्नो घर भएको बताए।

A note on usage

of a person

02
adjective

घर नभएको, वा व्यापक अर्थमा बास वा आश्रयस्थल नभएको; अर्थात् घरबारविहीन

Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.

In a sentence

Some advocates for unhoused people have insisted that they be called houseless rather than homeless, but even within the community of advocates there is not universal agreement on this terminological prescription.

घरबारविहीन मानिसहरूका केही वकालतकर्ताले उनीहरूलाई घरबारविहीन भन्नुको साटो आवासहीन भन्नु पर्नेमा जोर दिएका छन्, तर वकालतकर्ताको समुदायभित्र पनि यो शब्दावली निर्देशनमा सर्वसम्मति छैन।

A note on usage

of a person