લીલું

See also: લાલ, લાલો, લીલા, લીલી, લીલો, and લૂલું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla, “blue, green”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit નીલક (nīlaka, “blue”) (compare નીલ (nī́la)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈli.lũ/
• Hyphenation: લી‧લું
• Rhymes: -ũ

Adjective

લીલું • (līlũ)

1. green
2. moist, wet, humid, watery
3. fresh
4. prosperous, affluent

Declension

Declension of લીલું

	singular			plural		locative
	nominative	oblique/vocative/ instrumental
masculine	લીલો (līlo)	લીલા (līlā)		લીલા (līlā)		લીલે (līle)
neuter	લીલું (līlũ)	લીલા (līlā)		લીલાં (līlā̃)		લીલે (līle)
feminine	લીલી (līlī)	લીલી (līlī)		લીલી (līlī)		—

If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.

Derived terms

• • લીલાશ (līlāś)
  • લીલી ચા (līlī cā)
  • લીલી ચાહા (līlī cāhā)
  • લીલો સત્યાશિયો (līlo satyāśiyo)

See also

Colors in Gujarati · રંગો (raṅgo) (layout · text)

સફેદ (saphed)	[Term?]	કાળું (kāḷũ)
લાલ (lāl); [Term?]	નારંગી (nāraṅgī); ભુરું (bhurũ)	પીળું (pīḷũ); [Term?]
[Term?]	લીલું (līlũ)	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; જાંબલી (jā̃blī)	[Term?]

Further reading

More information

• “લીલું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “લીલું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “લીલું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1729
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nī́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 426