As a Hindi name
नीरज · noun · masculine
जल में उत्पन्न वस्तु · कमल · मोती । मुक्ता — Śabdasāgara
नीरज · adj
जलीय । जल से होनेवाला या उद् भूत (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
नीरज · nīraj · adj.
See s.v. nīr, 'water.' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1166
नीरज · masculine
a male given name, Neeraj, from Sanskrit
नीरज · masculine
water borne; lotus; pearl
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नीरज — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नीरज (nīraja). Doublet of निरा (nirā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. nī—raja mfn. free from dust, MBh.
free from passion, Kāv.; Pur. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘w˚-born’, a water lily, lotus, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. nī—raja mfn. free from dust, MBh.
free from passion, Kāv.; Pur. &c.
nī—raja m. (with viraja) N. of Śiva, MBh.
2. nīra—ja m. n. (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) ‘w˚-born’, a water lily, lotus, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
nīra—ja m. an otter, L.
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