نیل
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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
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) ?