നിഴൽ
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Shadow of a guitar
See also: നിഴലി
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Kannada ನೆರಳು (neraḷu), Kodava ನಳ (nëḷa), Kolami నీండ (nīṇḍa), Tamil நிழல் (niḻal), Tulu ನಿರೆಲ್ (nirelŭ) and Telugu నీడ (nīḍa).
Pronunciation
Noun
നിഴൽ • (niḻal)
- shadow; A dark image cast upon a surface by a body blocking the path of light from a light source.
- എന്റെ നിഴൽ
- enṟe niḻal
- my shadow
- shade; An area of relative darkness and coolness caused by cover from direct sunlight.
- Synonym: തണൽ (taṇal)
- silhouette; The outline of a body visible against a bright background.
Declension
| Declension of നിഴൽ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | നിഴൽ (niḻal) | നിഴലുകൾ (niḻalukaḷ) |
| Vocative | നിഴലേ (niḻalē) | നിഴലുകളേ (niḻalukaḷē) |
| Accusative | നിഴലിനെ (niḻaline) | നിഴലുകളെ (niḻalukaḷe) |
| Dative | നിഴലിന് (niḻalinŭ) | നിഴലുകൾക്ക് (niḻalukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | നിഴലിന്റെ (niḻalinṟe) | നിഴലുകളുടെ (niḻalukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | നിഴലിൽ (niḻalil) | നിഴലുകളിൽ (niḻalukaḷil) |
| Sociative | നിഴലിനോട് (niḻalinōṭŭ) | നിഴലുകളോട് (niḻalukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | നിഴലിനാൽ (niḻalināl) | നിഴലുകളാൽ (niḻalukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- നിഴലാട്ടം (niḻalāṭṭaṁ)
- നിഴലി (niḻali)
- നിഴലിക്കുക (niḻalikkuka)
- നിഴലിടുക (niḻaliṭuka)
- നിഴൽക്കൂത്ത് (niḻalkkūttŭ)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “niḻal”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “നിഴൽ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “nir̤al”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/61734/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%BD