Glossary | Essay | 5. The Silk Road in World History | by Alfred J. Andrea | NEB Grade XI | Major English

 

Essay

5. The Silk Road in World History

by Alfred J. Andrea

 

Glossary

 

albeit	even though	यद्यपि
Anglophone	people having English pronunciation like the Britishers	ब्रिटिश उच्चारण
artefacts	man-made object related to cultural and historical importance	कलाकृतिहरू
avidly	keenly	उत्सुकतापूर्वक
confine	imprison	कैद, सीमित
disseminating	spread widely	व्यापक रूपमा फैलिनु
ecumenical	involving people from different kinds of Christian churches	क्रिस्चियन मण्डली
eminent	renown	प्रसिद्धि, प्रख्यात
encompass	include	समावेश गर्नु, घेर्नु
evocative	reminiscent	सम्झाउने, उत्तेजक
expeditions	a journey undertaken by a group of people for particular purpose	अभियान
fringes	edge of an area	किनारा
Late Antiquity	transition from classical ancient times to the Middle Ages in Europe	युरोपको संक्रमणकाल
matron	dignified older married woman	वृद्ध महिला
on-again-off-again efforts	efforts that are not continuously moving forward	निरन्तर प्रयास
pillaging	looting	लुटपाट
rapacity	greed	लोभ
ravages	extensive damage	व्यापक क्षति
remnants	remains, residue, stub	अवशेष, अवशेष
repatriate	send back	फिर्ता पठाउनु
ripples	wave, ridge	लहर, रिज
sesterces	ancient Roman coin	प्राचीन रोमन सिक्का
skirted	go around the edge of something	सुरक्षा दिएर
spanning	extend from side to side of	फैलिएको
sterile	not fertile	उर्वर नहुनु, बाँझो
subsequent	following, successive	निम्न, क्रमिक, पछिको
subsequently	afterward	पछि
temperament	personality	व्यक्तित्व, स्वभाव
trove	a store of valuable things	बहुमूल्य चीजहरूको भण्डार