Save Type Mountain Usage Nepali Scripts सगरमाथा(Nepali) Pronounced Pron. su-gur-MA-ta [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Nepali सागर (sagar) meaning "ocean" and माथा (matha) meaning "head, top". This is the Nepali name for Mount Everest, coined by the Nepali government in the 1960s.