नेवला

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit नकुल (nakula, “mongoose”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /neːʋ.lɑː/, [neːʋ.läː]

Noun

नेवला • (nevlā) m (Urdu spelling نیولا)

1. mongoose (a small carnivore of the family Herpesidae)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेवला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nakulá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press