نيلي

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Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of نِيل (nīl, indigo) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

نِيلِيّ (nīliyy) (feminine نِيلِيَّة (nīliyya), masculine plural نِيلِيُّونَ (nīliyyūna), feminine plural نِيلِيَّات (nīliyyāt))

  1. indigo

Declension

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ (raṣāṣiyy)      أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
             لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)              أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎ (zumurrudiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎ (baḥriyy)              أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نیلی (nili), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Pronunciation

Adjective

نيلي (nili)

  1. indigo

Declension

See also

Colors in Pashto · رنګونه (ranguna) (layout · text)
     سپين (spin)      خړ (xëṛ)      تور (tor)
             سور (sur)              نارنجي (nâranji); نسواري (naswâri)              ژېړ (žeṛ)
                          شين (šin)             
                                       شين (shin)
             چوڼيا (čuṇyâ); نيلي (nili)              کینخي (kinaxi)              ګلابي (gwëlâbi)

Proper noun

نيلي (nili)

  1. Nili (a city in Afghanistan)