नील

See also: नीला, निलो, नाली, and नल

Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Noun

नील (nīl) m (Kaithi 𑂢𑂲𑂪)

(botany) indigo

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /niːl/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Noun

नील • (nīl) m (Urdu spelling نیل)

blue, indigo
(botany) indigo

Declension

Declension of नील (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नील nīl	नील nīl
oblique	नील nīl	नीलों nīlõ
vocative	नील nīl	नीलो nīlo

Adjective

नील • (nīl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نیل)

blue

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nīl), from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).

Proper noun

नील • (nīl) m (Urdu spelling نیل)

the Nile

Declension

Declension of नील (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	नील nīl
oblique	नील nīl
vocative	नील nīl

Nepali

**Nepali numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 100,000,000 (10⁸)	^{[a], [b]} ← 100,000,000,000 (10¹¹)	१०,००,००,००,००,००,००० 10¹⁴	10¹⁶ →
Cardinal: नील (nīl) Ordinal: नीलौँ (nīla͠u)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nil]
Phonetic Devanagari: निल्

Adjective

नील • (nīl)

indigo

Numeral

नील • (nīl)

1e+14

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

nīla (Latin script)
𑀦𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
নীল (Bengali script)
නීල (Sinhalese script)
နီလ or နဳလ or ၼီလ (Burmese script)
นีล or นีละ (Thai script)
ᨶᩦᩃ (Tai Tham script)
ນີລ or ນີລະ (Lao script)
នីល (Khmer script)
𑄚𑄩𑄣 (Chakma script)

Adjective

नील

Devanagari script form of nīla

Sanskrit

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

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /níː.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iː.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

नील • (nī́la)

of a dark colour
1. dark blue
2. dark green
3. black

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नील
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
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
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

Dardic:
- Kalasha: níḷa
- Kashmiri: نیوٗل (nyūl)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: নীলা (nila)
- Bengali: নীল (nil)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla)
- Dhivehi: ނޫ (nū)
- Marathi: निळा (niḷā)
- Konkani: नीळो (nīḷô)
Pali: nīla
- → Burmese: နီလာ (nila)
  - → Jingpho: nila
  - → Shan: ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa)
- → Mon: နဳလာ
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla)
- Hindi: नीला (nīlā)
- Nepali: निलो (nilo)
- Punjabi: ਨੀਲਾ (nīllā)
→ Kannada: ನೀಲೀ (nīlī)
→ Malay: nila
- Indonesian: nila
- → Tagalog: nila
→ Malayalam: നീല (nīla), നീലം (nīlaṁ)
→ Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nyl /⁠nīl⁠/)
- Persian: نیل (nil)
  - → Arabic: نِيل (nīl)
    - → Portuguese: anil
      - → English: anil
        → Irish: anail
→ Tamil: நீலம் (nīlam)
→ Telugu: నీలం (nīlaṁ)

References

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

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “760”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 760

[2] 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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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)

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)

नील

Contents

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Noun

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Adjective

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Declension

Nepali

Pronunciation

Adjective

Numeral

See also

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

See also

References

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नील

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Noun

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Adjective

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Declension

Nepali

Pronunciation

Adjective

Numeral

See also

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

See also

References

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