নেৱালী

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Early Assamese

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নেৱালী

Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit নৈপালী (naïpālī).[1] Cognate with Middle Bengali নেআলী (neali).

Noun

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নেৱালী (newalī)

  1. jasmine
    • 14th century, Madhav Kandali, Saptakanda Ramayana Aranya Kanda
      জলপদ্ম স্থলপদ্ম দেখি জাতিস্কাৰ । সেৱালী নেৱালী পুষ্প দেখিলা অপাৰ ॥
      jolopodmo stholopodmo dekhi jatiskaro , sewalī newalī puṣpo dekhila oparo .
      Got splendid seeing various land and aquatic lotus, and also saw various night jasmine and jasmine flowers.

Declension

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  • Assamese: নেৱালি (newali)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naipālī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427