The Military ranks of Nepal are the military insignia used by the Nepalese Army which is the only component of the Nepalese Armed Forces. Being a Landlocked country, Nepal does not have a navy. Nepali military rank structure is a mixture of Indian subcontinent and Nepal's own style.[1]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Nepali | Nepali: महारथी (प्रधानसेनापती) | Nepali: रथी | Nepali: उपरथी | Nepali: सहायक रथी | Nepali: महासेनानी | Nepali: प्रमुख सेनानी | Nepali: सेनानी | Nepali: सहसेनानी | Nepali: उपसेनानी | Nepali: सहायक सेनानी | |||||||||||||||
| Romanagari | Nepali: Mahārathī (pradhān senāpti) | Nepali: Rathī | Nepali: Uparathī | Nepali: Sahaayak rathee | Nepali: Mahāsēnānī | Nepali: Pramukh senaanee | Nepali: Senaanee | Nepali: Sahasēnānī | Nepali: Upasēnānī | Nepali: Sahaayak senaanee | |||||||||||||||
| Literal translation | Great charioteer (Master commander) | Charioteer | Vice charioteer | Assistant charioteer | Great commander | Chief commander | Commander | Companion commander | Vice commander | Assistant commander | |||||||||||||||
| Official translation | COAS General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |||||||||||||||
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| Rank group | General/flag officers | ||||
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| Nepali | Nepali: महारथी | Nepali: प्रधान सेनापति | Nepali: महारथी | Nepali: उपरथी | |
| Romanagari | Nepali: Mahārathī | Nepali: Pradhān senāpti | Nepali: Mahārathī | Nepali: Uparathī | |
| Literal translation | Great charioteer | Master commander | Great charioteer | Vice charioteer | |
| English translation | Field marshal | General of the army | General | Major general | |
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Nepali | Nepali: प्रमुख सुवेदार | Nepali: सुवेदार | Nepali: जमदार | Nepali: हुद्दा | Nepali: अमल्दार | Nepali: प्यूठ | Nepali: सिपाही | Nepali: फलोअर्स | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanagari | Nepali: Pramukh Suvēdār | Nepali: [[Subedar|Suvēdār]] | Nepali: [[Jemadar|Jamadār]] | Nepali: Huddā | Nepali: Amaldār | Nepali: Piyuth | Nepali: [[Sepoy|Sipahi]] | Nepali: Phaloars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal translation | Chief | Muster holder | Rank | Standard-bearer | Soldier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official translation | Chief warrant officer | Warrant officer first class | Warrant officer second class | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private | Followers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [3] | No insignia | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||