Often you will find a lot of abbreviations used with words…but what do they mean? Abbreviations are often used to disambiguate terms when the context is not clear enough, or to highlight important concepts.
| Abbr. | Meaning | Explaination |
| [dat.] | Dative | The word is in the dative case in Nepali |
| [emp.] | Emphatic | Emphatic form (emphasized) of a word |
| [f.] | Formal | Formal form of a word |
| [fem.] | Feminine | Subject or word is feminine |
| [hr] | High respect | One of the three honorifics, high respect is the highest level |
| [inf.] | Informal | Informal form of a word |
| [lit.] | Literally | The word is literally translated |
| [lr] | Low respect | One of the three honorifics, low respect is the lowest level |
| [med.] | Medical | Medical term |
| [mr] | Medium Respect | One of the three honorifics, medium respect is in between |
| [off.] | Offensive | Words that may be or are considered to be offensive, vulgar slang or rude |