indranila

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of indra +‎ nila, learned borrowing from Old Javanese indranīla (“sapphire”), from Sanskrit इन्द्रनील (indranīla, “sapphire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪn.dra.ˈni.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: in‧dra‧ni‧la

Noun

indranila (first-person possessive indranilaku, second-person possessive indranilamu, third-person possessive indranilanya)

  1. dark bluish green, midnight green
    indranila:  
  2. deep turquoise
    indranila:  

Further reading
  • Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.