نیل

नील nīl[Prk. नीलो, नीलं; S. नीलः, नीलं ;—Pers. also nīl], adj. (f. -ā, or -ī), Blue; dark blue, black;—livid (in Urdūand Hindīused chiefly in comp., the form nilābeing that most com. employed alone);—s.m. (S. nīlah) The colour blue;—the sapphire;—the blue (or hill) Mainā;—one of the nine Nidhisor divine treasures of Kuver;—the blue mountain; one of the principal ranges of mountains dividing the world into nine portions and lying immediately north of Ilāvrit or the central division;—(S. nīlam) indigo, the plant and the dye, Indigofera tinctoria; blue;—a blue mark or wale;—blue vitriol:—nīlāśman (S. nīla+aś˚), s.m. A blue stone, a sapphire:—nīlāksh (S. nīla+ak˚), s.m. 'Blue-eyed'; a goose:—nīlāmbar, vulg. nīlambar (S. nīla+am˚), s.m. Black or dark-blue raiment;—adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Dressed (or a person dressed) in dark-blue cloth:—nilāṅjan (S. nīla+an˚), s.m. Blue vitriol;—antimony:—nīlāṅg (S. nīla+an˚), s.m. (f. -ā, or -ī), 'Bluebodied'; the Indian crane;—the blue jay, Coracias indica:—nīl-baṛī, s.f. A lump of indigo;—an inferior kind of indigo:—nīl bigaṛnā, or nīl-kāmāṭh bigaṛnā, 'The indigo, or a vat of indigo, to be spoiled,' to tell a wonderful tale; to pull a long bow, to tell great lies;—to suffer a great loss or misfortune; to turn mad, etc.;—to raise a great cry (as though something terrible had happened,—a phrase commonly addressed by nurses to children, e.g. nīl-kāmāṭh bigṛā):—nīl-pāćan, s.m. The steeping or maceration of indigo:—nīl-pāćan bhāṅḍ, s.m. A vessel for steeping indigo, an indigo-vat:—nīl-piććh, s.m. (f. -ā), 'Blacktailed'; a falcon:—nīl-padma, s.m. The blue lotus, or blue water-lily, Nymphæa cerulea:—nīl paṛnā, v.n. Blue marks to appear, to become black and blue (from a beating):—nīl-prishṭh, s.m. 'Black-backed'; the fish Cyprinus denticulatus (com. called Rohi):—nīl-pushpikā, s.f. The indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria;—nila-ja, vulg. nīlaj, s.m. 'Produced in the blue mountains'; blue steel:—nīla-jā, s.f. The river Vitastā:—nīl-jhiṇṭī, s.f. The blue Barleria, Barleria cristata:—nīl ḍhalnā(āṅkhoṅ-meṅ), (The eyes) to become glazed (in death);—to be or become shameless:—nīl-kā ṭīkā, s.m. 'A blue spot or mark' (on the forehead); a brand, stigma, stain, slur:—nīl-kār, s.m.=nīl-gar, q.v.:—nīlkānt, s.m. The blue gem, the sapphire:—nīlkuraṇṭak, s.m. A species of Barleria with blue blossoms, B. cerulea:—nīl-krauṅć, s.m. (f. -ī), A species of curlew or heron:—nīl-kamal, s.m. The blue lotus or water-lily:—nīl-kaṇṭh, s.m. 'Blue-necked'; the blue-necked jay, Coracias indica;—a peacock;—a species of gallinule or water-hen;—a wagtail;—a sparrow;—the plant Hyperanthera moringa;—an epithet of the god Śiva or Mahādev (as having a black throat, so stained by the acrimony of the poison which he swallowed on its production at the churning of the ocean);—a proper name:—nīl-kaṇṭhāksh (˚ṭha+ak˚), s.m. The berry or seed of Eleocarpus ganitrus:—nīl-koṭhī, or nīl-kīkoṭhī, s.f., or nīl-kākār-ḵẖāna, s.m. An indigofactory:—nīl-kīghuṭā`īor mahā`ī, s.f. Beating indigo (in the vat):—nīl-ga`o, s.m. & f., nīlgā`e, s.f. 'Blue bull'; a species of deer; the white-footed antelope of Pennant, and Antilope pictaof Pallas (it is the male which has the blue skin; the female is brown, with a tuft of black hair down the neck; it is generally called rojh):—nīl-gar, s.m. An indigo-maker;—a dyer (syn. raṅg-rez):—nīl-gūn, vulg. nīl-gūṅ, adj. Cerulean, azure; dark-blue:—nīl-godāmor gūdām, or nīl-kāgodām, s.m. An indigofactory:—nīl-ghoṭnā, To beat indigo;—(met.) to quarrel, to wrangle:—nīl-loh, s.m. Blue steel:—nīl-lohit, adj. (f. -ā), Dark blue mixed with red, purple; dark red;—s.m. A mixture of blue and red, a purple colour:—nīl-mrittikā, s.f. Black earth or mould;—iron pyrites:—nīlmaṇi, vulg. nīl-man, s.m. The blue gem, the sapphire:—nīl-wālā, or (rustic) nīl-wārā, s.m. An indigo-planter; a maker or vendor of indigo;—a dyer (i.q. nīl-gar):—nīlopal (S. nīla+up˚), s.m. A blue stone, lapis lazuli:—nīlvarṇ, adj. (f. -ā), Blue-coloured, blue.