نیله
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian *nīlag (borrowed in Arabic as نِيلَج (nīlaj)), from nyl (nīl, “indigo”) (> Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”)) + -k' (-ag).
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نیله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nīl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 60
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