Meanings
- A province of Nepal.
Researchers interviewed 400 girls aged between 14 and 19 in mid-Western Nepal's Karnali province for the study and found 77% practised chhaupadi despite the ban.
2019 December 9, Gopal Sharma, “Eight in 10 girls in western Nepal forced to sleep outside during periods”, in Annie Banerji, Claire Cozens, editors, Reuters1 more example
Rescuers worked through the day to push through roads blocked by landslides and debris to reach the mountainous villages of Karnali Province where the earthquake struck. Officials cautioned that the death toll was likely to rise as communication was restored with areas that had been cut off.
2023 November 3, Bhadra Sharma, “Earthquake in Western Nepal Kills More Than 150”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Nepaliकर्णाली
- EnglishKarnali
Borrowed from Nepali कर्णाली (karṇālī).
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Bengali কর্ণালী
- কর্ণালী (kornali)province
Chinese Mandarin 格爾納利省 /格尔纳利省
- 格爾納利省 /格尔纳利省 (gé'ěrnàlìshěng)province
Hindi कर्णाली
- कर्णाली (karṇālī)province
Japanese カルナリ州
- カルナリ州 (karunari-shū)province
Korean 카르날리주
- 카르날리주 (kareunalliju)province
Punjabi ਕਰਨਾਲੀ
- ਕਰਨਾਲੀ (karnālī)province
Tamil கர்ணாலி
- கர்ணாலி (karṇāli)province
Urdu کرنالی
- کرنالیprovince
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Cite this entry
Karnali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnali
“Karnali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnali. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Karnali,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Karnali.
Source: Karnali on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.