Etymology

anil

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Today it means: The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant. Full definition →

Portuguese anil ← Arabic نِيل (nīl) ← Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
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anil · noun1

  1. Middle Frenchanil
  2. Proto-Indo-European*neyH-der.?
  3. Sanskritनील॑ (nī́la)
  4. Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
  5. Arabicنِيل (nīl)
  6. Portugueseanil
  7. English todayanil

From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.

Anil · proper noun2

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromअनिल“Hindu god of the wind”
  2. Sinhalese · borrowed fromඅනිල්
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromاَنِیل
  4. Nepali · borrowed fromअनिल
  5. Bengali · borrowed fromঅনিল
  6. Malayalam · borrowed fromഅനിൽ
  7. Tamil · borrowed fromஅனில்
  8. Kannada · borrowed fromಅನಿಲ್
  9. Marathi · borrowed fromअनिल
  10. Hindi · borrowed fromअनिल
  11. English todayAnil

Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل (anīl), or Sinhalese අනිල් (anil), from Sanskrit अनिल (anila, “Hindu god of the wind”).

Anil · proper noun3

  1. Turkish · borrowed fromAnıl
  2. English todayAnil

Borrowed from Turkish Anıl, from anıl, second-person singular imperative passive of anmak (“to remember; to commemorate”).

Words from the same roots

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