science

Sahi Shabda

Sahi Shabda is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sahi Shabda rather than just read about it. In short: Sahi Shabda (Nepali: सही शब्द) is a 1995 Nepali language thesaurus written by Canadian Jesuit Father William Bourke SJ. It is the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus.

Key takeaways

Sahi Shabda belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sahi Shabda to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sahi Shabda from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sahi Shabda (Nepali: सही शब्द) is a 1995 Nepali language thesaurus written by Canadian Jesuit Father William Bourke SJ. It is the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus. It was published 1995 and won the Madan Puraskar, 2051 B.S.; the highest literary honor of Nepal.

About the author Father William Bourke SJ was born in May 28, 1925 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He moved to Darjeeling as a Canadian Jesuit missionary in 1954 and served as a Headmaster for St. Robert's School, Darjeeling from 1981 to 1990. He also translated the Bible into Nepali and wrote a book called 'Proverbs for Today', a collection of Nepali and English proverbs. He died on November 29, 2019 of natural causes, aged 94.

Reception The book won the Madan Puraskar. The award is given annually for a book in Nepali language by Madan Puraskar Guthi.

See also Hamro Lok Sanskriti Karnali Lok Sanskriti Srasta ra Sahitya

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sahi Shabda

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sahi Shabda claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sahi Shabda before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sahi Shabda ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sahi Shabda

In research: Sahi Shabda appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sahi Shabda in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sahi Shabda is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Dictionaries, Linguistics book stubs, Madan Puraskar–winning works, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sahi Shabda outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sahi Shabda in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sahi Shabda means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Sahi Shabda out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sahi Shabda in simple terms?

Sahi Shabda (Nepali: सही शब्द) is a 1995 Nepali language thesaurus written by Canadian Jesuit Father William Bourke SJ. It is the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus.

Why does Sahi Shabda matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sahi Shabda?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Sahi Shabda.