নেৱালী
Early Assamese
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit নৈপালী (naïpālī).[1] Cognate with Middle Bengali নেআলী (neali).
Noun
[edit]নেৱালী (newalī)
- 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
[edit]- Assamese: নেৱালি (newali)
Derived terms
[edit]- নেৱালী গাছ (newalī gacho, “jasmine tree”)
- নেৱালী ফুল (newalī phulo, “jasmine flower”)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naipālī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427