Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
नीली · adj
स्त्री॰ [हिं॰ नीला] काले रंग की । नील के रंग की । काली । आसमानी — Śabdasāgara
नीली · noun · feminine
नील का पौधा · नीलिका रोग · नीले रंग की एक प्रकार की मक्खी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
नीला
blue
Platts (p. 1169) also records: The indigo-plant (i.q. nīl)
Cited formation "नीली" is नील + -ई: नील means "blue, indigo", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नीली" is नील + -ई: नील means "blue, indigo", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नीली" is नील + -ई: नील means "blue, indigo", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नील — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla, “blue, green”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit नील (nī́la, “dark blue, green, black”). Compare Persian نیل (nil).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nīla mf(ā or ī; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42, Vārtt., Vām. v, 2, 48)n. of a dark colour, (esp.) d˚-blue or d˚-green or black, RV. &c. &c.
dyed with indigo, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 2, Vārtt. 2, Pat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the indigo plant or dye, &c. Blyxa Octandra
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Dictionary citations
nīlī (ī), f. the indigo plant or dye, Mn.; Var.; Suśr. &c. Blyxa Octandra, L.
a species of blue fly, L.
nīlī f. m. a kind of disease, L.
nīlī f. m. N. of the wife of Aja-mīḍha, MBh.; Hariv. (v.l. nalinī and nīlinī)
nīlī f. of nīla, q.v.
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