نیل
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[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 486b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), 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[3], 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[4], Vienna, columns 5303-5304
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], 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
- نیل ابیض (nil-i ebyâz, “White Nile”)
- نیل ازرق (nil-i ezrâk, “Blue Nile”)
- نیل زنج (nil-i zenc, “Niger”)
- نیل سودان (nil-i sudan, “Niger”)
- نیل مبارك (nil-i mübârek, “Nile of Egypt”)
- نیلی (nilî, “pertaining to the Nile”)
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[6] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1002
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “نیل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[7], Vienna: F. Beck, page 486b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “نیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[8] (in French), 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[9], 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[10], Vienna, columns 5303-5304
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[11], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2118
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniː.lə̆/
Numeral
نِیل (nīl)
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈniːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [niːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [niːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nīl |
| Dari reading? | nīl |
| Iranian reading? | nil |
| Tajik reading? | nil |
Noun
نیل • (nīl / nil) (Tajik spelling нил)
- indigo
- c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:
- تا رنج کهتری بر خود ننهی به آسایش مهتری نرسی، نبینی که تا برگ نیل پوسیده نگردد نیل نشود.
- tā ranj-i kihtarī bar xwad na-nihī ba āsāyiš-i mihtarī na-rasī, na-bēnī ki tā barg-i nīl pōsīda na-gardad nīl na-šawad.
- You shall not reach the comfort of being a superior until you have gone through the toil of being a subordinate. Do you not see that [the dye] indigo is not produced until the indigo leaves rot?
Derived terms
- نیلی (nīlī / nili)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic النِيل (an-nīl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈniːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [niːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [niːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nīl |
| Dari reading? | nīl |
| Iranian reading? | nil |
| Tajik reading? | nil |
Proper noun
نیل • (nīl / nil) (Tajik spelling Нил)
- Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)
- رود نیل ― rud-e nil ― the River Nile
- رودخانه نیل ― rudxâne-ye nil ― the River Nile
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic نَيْل (nayl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈnajl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [näjl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [nejl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [näjl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nayl |
| Dari reading? | nayl |
| Iranian reading? | neyl |
| Tajik reading? | nayl |
Noun
نیل • (nayl / neyl) (Tajik spelling найл)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “نیل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Punjabi
| ← 10,000,000 (107) | ← 100,000,000,000 (1011) | ۱,۰۰,۰۰,۰۰,۰۰,۰۰,۰۰۰ 1013 |
1015 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: نِیل (nīl) | ||||
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /niːl/, [niːl(ə̆)]
Numeral
نِیل • (nīl) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਲ)
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
| سادہ (sāda), سفید (safed), اُجّر (ujjar) | سلیٹی (sleṭī), چھائی (chāī), دھوسر (dhūsar), سرمئی (surmaī) | کالا (kālā), سانولا (sā̃vlā) |
| لال (lāl), سرخ (surx), راتا (rātā); مہرون (mahroon), سندوری (sindūrī) قرمزی (qirmizī) | اورنج (orenj), نارنگی (narangī), کیسری (kesrī), گیروا (geruā), بھگوا (bhagvā), زعفرانی (za'frānī); بھورا (bhūrā), کتھئی (katthaī), چوکلیٹی (cokleṭī), خاکی (xākī) | پیلا (pīlā), بسنتی (basantī), زرد (zard); گیہُواں (gehũā), بادامی (bādāmī) |
| لائم (lāim), انگوری (aṅgūrī) | ہرا (harā), سُگَّا (suggā), سبز (sabz) | پودین ہرا (pūdīn harā); گاڑھا ہرا (gāṛhā harā) |
| فیروزہ (fīroza) | لاجوردی (lājvardī)~لاژوردی (lāźvardī) | نیلا (nīlā) |
| بینگنی (baignī), اودا (ūdā) | رانی (rānī); جامنی (jāmnī~jāmunī) | گلابی (gulābī) |
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) ?