नील
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Bhojpuri
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]नील (nīl) m (Kaithi 𑂢𑂲𑂪)
Hindi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]नील • (nīl) m (Urdu spelling نیل)
Declension
[edit]Declension of नील (masc cons-stem)
Adjective
[edit]नील • (nīl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نیل)
See also
[edit]- नीला (nīlā)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian نیل (nīl), from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).
Proper noun
[edit]नील • (nīl) m (Urdu spelling نیل)
- the Nile
Declension
[edit]Declension of नील (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular | |
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direct | नील nīl |
oblique | नील nīl |
vocative | नील nīl |
Nepali
[edit][a], [b] ← 100,000,000 (108) | [a], [b] ← 100,000,000,000 (1011) | १०,००,००,००,००,००,००० 1014 |
1016 → | |
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Cardinal: नील (nīl) Ordinal: नीलौँ (nīla͠u) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]नील • (nīl)
Numeral
[edit]नील • (nīl)
See also
[edit]सेतो (seto), श्वेत (śvet) | खरानी (kharānī), ध्वाँसे (dhwā̃se) | कालो (kālo) |
रातो (rāto); सिम्रिक (simrik), गाढा रातो (gāḍhā rāto) | सुन्तला (suntalā); खैरो (khairo) | पहेंलो (pahẽlo); क्रीम (krīm) |
कागती (kāgatī) | हरियो (hariyo) | पुदिना रङ्ग (pudinā raṅg); गाढा हरियो (gāḍhā hariyo) |
आकाशे (ākāśe), आस्मानी (āsmānī); टील (ṭīl) | आकाशे (ākāśe) | निलो (nilo), नीलो (nīlo) |
बैंगनी (baiṅganī); नील (nīl) | रानी (rānī); बैजनी (baijanī), बैगनी (baiganī), बैगुने (baigune) | गुलाबी (gulābī), गुलाफी (gulāphī) |
Further reading
[edit]- “नील”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Adjective
[edit]नील
- Devanagari script form of nīla
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- নীল (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬷᬮ (Balinese script)
- নীল (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰱𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- နီလ (Burmese script)
- નીલ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੀਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍀𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦷꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂲𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ನೀಲ (Kannada script)
- នីល (Khmer script)
- ນີລ (Lao script)
- നീല (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘲𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧓𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐷𑐮 (Newa script)
- ନୀଲ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢷꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆵𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖱𑖩 (Siddham script)
- නීල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚯𑚥 (Takri script)
- நீல (Tamil script)
- నీల (Telugu script)
- นีล (Thai script)
- ནཱི་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒲𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to lead, be excited, shine”), see also Welsh nwyfiant (“splendor, gleam”), Old Irish níab (“strength”), noíb (“holy”), Middle Irish níam (“splendor, gleam”), níamda (“shining”), Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“envy”).[1][2] Also compare नयति (nayati, “to lead”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]नील • (nī́la)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of नील | |||
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Nom. sg. | नीलः (nīlaḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | नीलस्य (nīlasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नीलः (nīlaḥ) | नीलौ (nīlau) | नीलाः (nīlāḥ) |
Vocative | नील (nīla) | नीलौ (nīlau) | नीलाः (nīlāḥ) |
Accusative | नीलम् (nīlam) | नीलौ (nīlau) | नीलान् (nīlān) |
Instrumental | नीलेन (nīlena) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलैः (nīlaiḥ) |
Dative | नीलाय (nīlāya) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलेभ्यः (nīlebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | नीलात् (nīlāt) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलेभ्यः (nīlebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | नीलस्य (nīlasya) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलानाम् (nīlānām) |
Locative | नीले (nīle) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलेषु (nīleṣu) |
Feminine ā-stem declension of नील | |||
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Nom. sg. | नीला (nīlā) | ||
Gen. sg. | नीलायाः (nīlāyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नीला (nīlā) | नीले (nīle) | नीलाः (nīlāḥ) |
Vocative | नीले (nīle) | नीले (nīle) | नीलाः (nīlāḥ) |
Accusative | नीलाम् (nīlām) | नीले (nīle) | नीलाः (nīlāḥ) |
Instrumental | नीलया (nīlayā) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलाभिः (nīlābhiḥ) |
Dative | नीलायै (nīlāyai) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलाभ्यः (nīlābhyaḥ) |
Ablative | नीलायाः (nīlāyāḥ) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलाभ्यः (nīlābhyaḥ) |
Genitive | नीलायाः (nīlāyāḥ) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलानाम् (nīlānām) |
Locative | नीलायाम् (nīlāyām) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलासु (nīlāsu) |
Neuter a-stem declension of नील | |||
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Nom. sg. | नीलम् (nīlam) | ||
Gen. sg. | नीलस्य (nīlasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नीलम् (nīlam) | नीले (nīle) | नीलानि (nīlāni) |
Vocative | नील (nīla) | नीले (nīle) | नीलानि (nīlāni) |
Accusative | नीलम् (nīlam) | नीले (nīle) | नीलानि (nīlāni) |
Instrumental | नीलेन (nīlena) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलैः (nīlaiḥ) |
Dative | नीलाय (nīlāya) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलेभ्यः (nīlebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | नीलात् (nīlāt) | नीलाभ्याम् (nīlābhyām) | नीलेभ्यः (nīlebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | नीलस्य (nīlasya) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलानाम् (nīlānām) |
Locative | नीले (nīle) | नीलयोः (nīlayoḥ) | नीलेषु (nīleṣu) |
Descendants
[edit]- Dardic:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla)
- Pali: nīla
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla)
- → Kannada: ನೀಲೀ (nīlī)
- → Malay: nila
- → Malayalam: നീല (nīla), നീലം (nīlaṁ)
- → Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nyl /nīl/)
- → Tamil: நீலம் (nīlam)
- → Telugu: నీలం (nīlaṁ)
See also
[edit]श्वेत (śveta), शुक्ल (śukla), शुभ्र (śubhra), धवल (dhavala) | धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara) | कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva) |
रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita) | नारङ्ग (nāraṅga); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru) | पीत (pīta); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) |
हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa) | ||
नील (nīla) | ||
शोण (śoṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita) | पाटल (pāṭala) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “नील”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 566/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 51
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “760”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 760
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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