𑀡𑀉𑀮

Prakrit

Inherited from Sanskrit नकुल (nakulá). In some descendants, this was first extended to *naüliya- (reflected in Gujarati નોલિયો (noliyo)) before undergoing metathesis to *nayul- or *nyaül- (reflected in Old Hindi नौल्यौ (naulyau) ~ न्यौल (nyaula)).

𑀡𑀉𑀮 (ṇaüla) m (Devanagari णउल, feminine 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀻)

Maharastri declension of 𑀡𑀉𑀮 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁄 (ṇaülo)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸 (ṇaülā)
Accusative	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀁 (ṇaülaṃ)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂 (ṇaüle) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸 (ṇaülā)
Instrumental	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀡 (ṇaüleṇa) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇaüleṇaṃ)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇaülehi) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇaülehiṃ)
Dative	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀅 (ṇaülāa)	—
Ablative	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀑 (ṇaülāo) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀉 (ṇaülāu) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸 (ṇaülā) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇaülāhi) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇaülāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ṇaülassa)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀡 (ṇaülāṇa) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇaülāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇaülammi) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂 (ṇaüle)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ṇaülesu) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ṇaülesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀡𑀉𑀮 (ṇaüla) or 𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸 (ṇaülā)	𑀡𑀉𑀮𑀸 (ṇaülā)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Old Hindi: नावल (nāvala), निवल्यौ (nivalyau), नौल्यौ (naulyau), न्यल (nyala), न्यौल (nyaula)
  - Hindi: नेवला (nevlā), (rare) नौल (naul), नौला (naulā)
  - Urdu: نیولا (nevlā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Early Assamese:
  - Assamese: নেউল (neul)
- Old Bengali:
  - Bengali: নেউল (neul)
- Odia: ନଉଳ (nauḷa), ନେଉଳ (neuḷa), ନେଉର୍ ମୂଷା (neur mushā)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: न्यौलो, (Gaṅgoī dialect) (nyɔ̈̄w)
- Nepali: न्यौलो (nyaulo), न्यौरि (nyauri), नेउरि (neuri)
- Western Pahari:
  - Bhalesī dialect: (nεrṛu)
  - Bhiḍlàī dialect: (nȫl)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Lahnda: m (nôlũ), (naul), (Poṭhwārī dialect) m (naulõ)
- Punjabi: ਨੇਵਲਾ (nevlā), ਨੌਲ (naul)
- Sindhi: نورُ (noru), (noriaṛu, “squirrel”)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati:
  - Gujarati: નોળિયો (noḷiyo)
- Domaaki: (naul, “animal like a small weasel”)

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nakulá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397
Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “णउल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 376.