As a deity name
Name 67 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 209 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 498 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
नीला · nīlā · adj.
(f. -ī), Dark blue; blue; livid — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1168
नीला · nīlā · s.f.
A species of blue fly — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1168
नीला · masculine
blue color
नीला
blue
Śabdasāgara also records: आकाश के रंग का । नील के रंग का
Cited formation "नीला" is न + -ईला: न means "the twentieth consonant of Hindi", and the suffix -ईला forms 'containing', 'full of' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नीला" is नील + -आ: नील means "blue, indigo", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — 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 (Indigofera Tinctoria), (cf. nīlī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīlā" is the feminine form of "nīla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "nīlā" is the nominative of "nīliman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
nīlā (ā), f. the indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria), L. (cf. nīlī)
a species of Boerhavia with blue blossoms, L.
black cumin, L.
a species of blue fly, L.
(du.) the two arteries in front of the neck, L.
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.
nīliman m. blueness, blackness, darkness, Kāv.
nīliman m. Blue colour, darkness, blueness; Māl. 5. 6.
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