نلی

नली nalī[Prk. णिलआor निलआ; S. नल+इका;—or a contrac. of nālī, q.v.], s.f. A hollow reed;—a tube, pipe; a spout;—the windpipe; ureter, etc.;—barrel (of a gun, i.q. nālī);—(in Bot.) a sheath;—morbus plerumque a manustupratione ortus, in quo membrum virile exile fit nec erigi potest;—bone of the leg, the tibia; shin-bone; marrow-bone;—shuttle (of a weaver), or the reed or tube within the shuttle (on which the woof is wound):—nalī-khiṅćā`o, s.m. (in Phys.) Capillary attraction.