نیل
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).
Noun
نیل • (nil) (definite accusative نیلی (nili), plural نیللر (niller))
- indigo, a purplish-blue dye obtained from certain plants, such as the indigo plant or woad
- Synonyms: بویا چیویتی (boya çiviti), چیویت (çivit)
- indigo, any leguminous plant of the genus Indigofera, but especially Indigofera tinctoria
- Synonym: چیویت (çivit)
- daub of indigo on the face used as a mark of grief or of shame, or, to avert the evil eye
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: nil
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 833
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nil”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3548
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “نیل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 486b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1295
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Indicum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 781
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نیل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 5303-5304
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2118
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl, “the Nile”), itself from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).
Proper noun
نیل • (nil)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: Nil
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 833
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “Nîl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1002
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “نیل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 486b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1295
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nilus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1139
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نیل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 5303-5304
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2118
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nīl |
| Dari reading? | nīl |
| Iranian reading? | nil |
| Tajik reading? | nil |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Noun
| Dari | نیل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нил |
نیل • (nil)
Derived terms
- نیلی (nili)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Middle Armenian: նիլ (nil)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نیل (nil)
- Turkish: nil
- → Punjabi: ਨੀਲ (nīl), نیل (nīl)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).
Proper noun
| Dari | نیل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Нил |
نیل • (nil)
- the Nile
- رود نیل ― rud-e nil ― the River Nile
- رودخانه نیل ― rudxâne-ye nil ― the River Nile
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).
Noun
نیل • (nīl) m (Hindi spelling नील)
Adjective
نیل • (nīl) (Hindi spelling नील)
- indigo (color)
See also
| سفید (safed), ابیض (abyaz) | سرمئی (sarmaī), خاکستری (xākistarī), دھوسر (dhūsar) | کالا (kālā), سیاہ (siyāh), اسود (aswad) |
| سرخ (surx), لال (lāl), قرمزی (qarmazī), احمر (ahmar) | مالٹائی (mālṭāī), نارنجی (nāranjī), نارنگی (nārangī); بھورا (bhūrā), بادامی (bādāmī), خاکی (xākī), مٹیالا (maṭiālā) | پیلا (pīlā), زرد (zard), اصفر (asfar), بسنتی (basantī) |
| پستہ (pistah), انگوری (aṅgūrī), دھانی (dhānī) | سبز (sabz), ہرا (harā) | |
| فیروزی (ferozī) | آسمانی (āsmānī), نیلگوں (nīlgū̃), لاجوردی (lājvardī), آبی (ābī), آبگوں (ābgū̃) | نیلا (nīlā), ازرق (azraq) |
| نیل (nīl), بنفشی (banafśī), بنفش (banafś) | جامنی (jāmnī), اودا (ūdā), ارغوانی (arġawānī), بیگنی (beganī), بینگنی (benganī), بینجنی (benjanī) | گلابی (gulābī), پیازی (pīāzī) |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian نیل (nīl), from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).
Proper noun
نیل • (nīl) m (Hindi spelling नील)
- the Nile
- دریائے نیل ― daryā-e Nīl ― the Nile river
Etymology 3
Noun
نیل • (nīl) ?