Today, I started working on writing the format of word entry in Wiktionary. First, I did research to understand and get familiar with the format words are added in Wiktionary and online dictionaries along with the contents. When I compared word entry in Nepali Wiktionary vs. Wiktionary in other languages such as English, Hindi, etc. I came to know that currently, the words that are listed in Nepali Wiktionary do not give complete information about the very word. For example, phonetics or pronunciation, all parts of speech along with various meanings if applicable, synonyms, translation in English and other languages, etc. are either missing for most words or are not added in a proper format. In my opinion, if all the Nepali words would be added in a standard and proper format, it can be a great foundational resource for people who would be interested to work in NLP in Nepali in areas such as sentiment analysis in the Nepali language, creating Nepali dictionary, Word Sense Disambiguity (WSD), etc. Therefore, after doing research and looking at templates on other dictionaries and Wiktionary of other languages I came up with the following template that can be used to insert words to the Nepali Wiktionary:
- Word | Phonetics/Pronunciation
- Parts of Speech: meaning 1
- Examples of use in sentences
- Parts of Speech: meaning 2..
- Examples of use in sentences
- Synonyms
- synonym1 , synonym 2, …
- Translation
- English
Wikitext format in Nepali:
- == शब्द == [word]
- === उच्चारण === [pronunciation]
- === पद वर्ग १ === [नाम/ सर्वनाम/ क्रिया / …] [part of speech 1]
- ==== अर्थ १ ==== [meaning 1]
- ==== उदाहरण ==== [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- ==== अर्थ २ ==== [meaning 2]
- ==== उदाहरण ==== [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- ==== अर्थ ३ ==== [meaning 3]
- ==== उदाहरण ==== [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- === पद वर्ग २ === [नाम/ सर्वनाम/ क्रिया / …] [part of speech 2]
- ==== अर्थ १ ==== [meaning 1]
- ==== उदाहरण ==== [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- ==== अर्थ २ ==== [meaning 2]
- ==== उदाहरण ==== [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- ==== अर्थ ३ ==== [meanning 3]
- ==== उदाहरण === [example]
- १. उदाहरण
- २. उदाहरण
- === समानार्थी शब्द === [synonyms]
- === अनुवाद === [translation]
- अङ्ग्रेजी: [English]
Wikitext format in English:
- == Word ==
- === Pronunciation ===
- === part of speech 1 === [Noun/Pronoun/Verb/Adjective…]
- ==== Meaning 1 ====
- ==== Example ====
- Example 1
- Example 2
- ==== Meaning 2 ====
- ==== Example ====
- Example 1
- Example 2
- ==== Meaning 3 ====
- ==== Example ====
- Example 1
- Example 2
- === Part of speech 2 === [Noun/Verb/Adverb/Adjective…]
- ==== Meaning 1 ====
- ==== Example ====
- Example 1
- Example 2
- ==== Meaning 2 ====
- ==== Example ====
- Example 1
- Example 2
- ==== Meaning 3 ====
- ==== Example ===
- Example 1
- Example 2
- === Synonyms ===
- === Translation ===
- English
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