نيلي
Pashto
/ni.liˈ/
adj
Definitions
- indigo
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian نیلی derived from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (indigo) derived from Sanskrit नील (blue, dark blue, indigo, dark, dark color).
Origin
Sanskrit
नील
Gloss
blue, dark blue, indigo, dark, dark color
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
紺
Emoji
👮 💙 📘 😰 🫐
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- नील Sanskrit
- नीलोत्पल Sanskrit
- नील Hindi
- نیل Persian
- نیلی Persian
- ی Persian
- นิล Thai
- nilüfer Turkish
- నీలము Telugu
- nila Malay
- лилав Bulgarian
- নীল Assamese
- nīla Pali
- নীল Bengali
- 𐭭𐭩𐭫 Middle Persian
- 𑀡𑀻𑀮 Maharastri Prakrit
- நீலம் Tamil
- ནི་ལ Tibetan
- nīla Old Khmer
- níḷa Kalasha
- नील Bhojpuri
- ނޫ Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian