Anil

See also: anil, Anıl, and añil

English

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل (anīl), or Sinhalese අනිල් (anil), from Sanskrit अनिल (anila, “Hindu god of the wind”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /əˈnɪl/, /əˈniːl/
    • Rhymes: -ɪl, -iːl

    Proper noun

    Anil

    1. A male given name from the Indo-Aryan languages [in turn from Sanskrit] or from the Dravidian languages [in turn from Sanskrit]; variant form Aneel.

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Turkish Anıl, from anıl, second-person singular imperative passive of anmak (“to remember; to commemorate”).

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Anil

      1. A male given name from Turkish.
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