[nīlā], adj. blue.
[◀MIA: Pk. ṇīla- ‘blue, green’; Pa. nīla-, °aka- ‘dark blue, blue-green’ ◀OIA ní̵la- ‘dark blue, dark green, black’ RV. ◀PIE *nei-, neiǝ- : nī- ‘to be moved, excited; to shine’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. neat, net, nit ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1168; (Turner, 1966) 7563; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 376; (MW, 1899) 0566; (Pokorny, 1959) 0760; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.051
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