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How to say left and right in Nepali

Left and right

A fork in a mountain trail with painted direction markers
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बायाँ र दायाँ

Bayaan ra dayaan

Pronunciation: bah-yah ruh dah-yah

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Bayaan = left. Dayaan = right. Sidha (सीधा) = straight ahead.

Example sentence

मन्दिरमा दायाँ मोड्नुहोस्।

Turn right at the temple.

Mandirma dayaan mornuhos.

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