नारिकेल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

नारिकेर (nārikera), नालिकेल (nālikela), नालीकेल (nālīkela), नाडीकेरी (nāḍīkerī)

Alternative scripts

নাৰিকেল (Assamese script)
ᬦᬵᬭᬶᬓᬾᬮ (Balinese script)
নারিকেল (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰯𑰨𑰰𑰎𑰸𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
နာရိကေလ (Burmese script)
નારિકેલ (Gujarati script)
ਨਾਰਿਕੇਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦴꦫꦶꦏꦺꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂰𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂵𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ನಾರಿಕೇಲ (Kannada script)
នារិកេល (Khmer script)
ນາຣິເກລ (Lao script)
നാരികേല (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡬᡝᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘱𑘎𑘹𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠢᢉᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧑𑧈𑧒𑦮𑧚𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐵𑐬𑐶𑐎𑐾𑐮 (Newa script)
ନାରିକେଲ (Odia script)
ꢥꢵꢬꢶꢒꢾꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆳𑆫𑆴𑆑𑆼𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖯𑖨𑖰𑖎𑖸𑖩 (Siddham script)
නාරිකෙල (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩛𑩼𑩑𑩜𑩔𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚭𑚤𑚮𑚊𑚲𑚥 (Takri script)
நாரிகேல (Tamil script)
నారికేల (Telugu script)
นาริเกล (Thai script)
ནཱ་རི་ཀེ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒰𑒩𑒱𑒏𑒹𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨊𑨫𑨁𑨋𑨄𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from a Dravidian language. Compare Malayalam നാളികേരം (nāḷikēraṁ, “coconut”), Tamil நாரி (nāri, “fibre”) and Malayalam കേരം (kēraṁ, “coconut tree”).

Also, can be a semi-learned borrowing from an Austronesian language *niuR (“coconut”). Compare Malay nyiur (“coconut”) and Balinese ᬜᬸᬄ (ñuh, “coconut”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɾi.kɐj.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.ɾi.keː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

नारिकेल • (nārikela) stem, m

coconut; the coconut tree

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नारिकेल
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नारिकेलः (nārikelaḥ)	नारिकेलौ (nārikelau) नारिकेला¹ (nārikelā¹)	नारिकेलाः (nārikelāḥ) नारिकेलासः¹ (nārikelāsaḥ¹)
accusative	नारिकेलम् (nārikelam)	नारिकेलौ (nārikelau) नारिकेला¹ (nārikelā¹)	नारिकेलान् (nārikelān)
instrumental	नारिकेलेन (nārikelena)	नारिकेलाभ्याम् (nārikelābhyām)	नारिकेलैः (nārikelaiḥ) नारिकेलेभिः¹ (nārikelebhiḥ¹)
dative	नारिकेलाय (nārikelāya)	नारिकेलाभ्याम् (nārikelābhyām)	नारिकेलेभ्यः (nārikelebhyaḥ)
ablative	नारिकेलात् (nārikelāt)	नारिकेलाभ्याम् (nārikelābhyām)	नारिकेलेभ्यः (nārikelebhyaḥ)
genitive	नारिकेलस्य (nārikelasya)	नारिकेलयोः (nārikelayoḥ)	नारिकेलानाम् (nārikelānām)
locative	नारिकेले (nārikele)	नारिकेलयोः (nārikelayoḥ)	नारिकेलेषु (nārikeleṣu)
vocative	नारिकेल (nārikela)	नारिकेलौ (nārikelau) नारिकेला¹ (nārikelā¹)	नारिकेलाः (nārikelāḥ) नारिकेलासः¹ (nārikelāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Odia: ନଡ଼ିଆ (naṛiā)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi: नारिएळ (nārieḷa), नारियळ (nāriyaḷa), नारियेळ (nāriyeḷa), नारीएळ (nārīeḷa), नार्यळ (nāryaḷa), नार्येळ (nāryeḷa)
  - Marathi: नारळ (nāraḷ)
Pali: nāḷikera
- → Khmer: នាឡិកា (niəlekaa)
- → Thai: นาฬิกา (naa-lí-gaa, “clock”)
  - → Lao: ນາລິກາ (nā li kā)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀏𑀮 (ṇāriela)
- Gujarati: નારિયળ (nāriyaḷ), નારિયેળ (nāriyeḷ), નાળિયેર (nāḷiyer)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: नारियल (nāriyal)
  Urdu: نَارِیَل (nāriyal)
  - → Pashto: ناریل (nāryal)
- Nepali: नरिवल (nariwal)
- Punjabi:
  - Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਰੀਅਲ (nārīala)
  - Shahmukhi script: نَارِیَل (nāriyal)

Borrowings

→ Early Assamese: নাৰিকল (narikolo) (semi-learned)
- Assamese: নাৰিকল (narikol)
→ Old Bengali: নারিকেল (learned)
- > Bengali: নারিকেল (narikel) (inherited)
- → Bengali: নারকেল (narkel), নারকোলি (narkōli), নারকোল (narkōl), নারকুলে (narkule) (semi-learned)
- → Bengali: নাইকল (naikol), নাইরগল (nairgôl), নাইরল (nairôl), নাইহল (naihôl), নাইহাল (naihal), নাইহেল (naihel)
→ Kannada: ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (nārikēḷa) (learned)
→ Odia: ନାରିକେଳ (nārikeḷa) (learned)
→ Middle Persian: nʾlgyl (anārgēl)
- Classical Persian: نَارْگیل (nārgēl)
  - → Arabic: نَارْجِيل (nārjīl), نَرْجِيل (narjīl)
    - → Ottoman Turkish: نارجیل (narcil), نارچیل (narçil)
  - → Northern Kurdish: nargîl
  - → Ottoman Turkish: نارگیل (nargil)
  - ⇒ Classical Persian: نَارْگیله (nārgēla)
    - → Arabic: أرجيلة (ʔargīle)
    - → Turkish: nargile
      - → French: narguilé, narghilé, narghileh
        → Hungarian: nargile
        → Portuguese: narguilé, narguilhé
        → Spanish: narguile, narghile, narguilé
        → English: narghile, nargeela, nargeelah, narghil, narghileh, narghilly, narghily, nargil, nargile, nargileh, nargili, nargilly, nargily, narguileh
- → Classical Syriac: ܢܪܓܝܠ (nargil)
→ Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠁꠇꠟ (naikol) (semi-learned)
→ Telugu: నారికేళము (nārikēḷamu) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नारिकेल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 537.