नीळ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• নীল় (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬷळ (Balinese script)
• নীল় (Bengali script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀴 (Brahmi script)
• နီဠ (Burmese script)
• નીળ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੀਲ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍀𑌳 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦷळ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ನೀಳ (Kannada script)
• នីឡ (Khmer script)
• ນີຬ (Lao script)
• നീള (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡳळ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘲𑘯 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠢळ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧓𑧏 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐷ळ (Newa script)
• ନୀଳ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢷꢳ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆵𑆭 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖱ळ (Siddham script)
• නීළ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩛ळ (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• நீள (Tamil script)
• నీళ (Telugu script)
• นีฬ (Thai script)
• ནཱིळ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒲𑒪𑓃 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨊ळ (Zanabazar Square script)

• नीड (nīḍá)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *niẓḍás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *niždás, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Latin nīdus, English nest.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.ɭ̆ɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iː.ɭ̆ɐ/

Noun

नीळ • (nīḷá) stem, ?

1. (Vedic) a bird's nest

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नीळ (nīḷá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नीळः nīḷáḥ	नीळौ / नीळा¹ nīḷaú / nīḷā́¹	नीळाः / नीळासः¹ nīḷā́ḥ / nīḷā́saḥ¹
Vocative	नीळ nī́ḷa	नीळौ / नीळा¹ nī́ḷau / nī́ḷā¹	नीळाः / नीळासः¹ nī́ḷāḥ / nī́ḷāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नीळम् nīḷám	नीळौ / नीळा¹ nīḷaú / nīḷā́¹	नीळान् nīḷā́n
Instrumental	नीळेन nīḷéna	नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām	नीळैः / नीळेभिः¹ nīḷaíḥ / nīḷébhiḥ¹
Dative	नीळाय nīḷā́ya	नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām	नीळेभ्यः nīḷébhyaḥ
Ablative	नीळात् nīḷā́t	नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām	नीळेभ्यः nīḷébhyaḥ
Genitive	नीळस्य nīḷásya	नीळयोः nīḷáyoḥ	नीळानाम् nīḷā́nām
Locative	नीळे nīḷé	नीळयोः nīḷáyoḥ	नीळेषु nīḷéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic