نیل

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Persian

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Pronunciation

 

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)

  1. indigo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).

Proper noun

Dari نیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Нил

نیل • (nil)

  1. the Nile
    رود نیل ― rud-e nil ― the River Nile
    رودخانه نیل ― rudxâne-ye nil ― the River Nile

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).

Noun

نیل • (nīl) m (Hindi spelling नील)

  1. indigo (dye)
  2. (botany) indigo (plant from which the bluish dye is obtained)
  3. bruise (bruise)

Adjective

نیل • (nīl) (Hindi spelling नील)

  1. indigo (color)

See also

Colors in Urdu · رنگ (raṅg) (layout · text)
     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)

  1. the Nile
    دریائے نیل ― daryā-e Nīl ― the Nile river

Etymology 3

Noun

نیل • (nīl) ?

  1. bruise
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