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نیلی

/ nili /
adjective  ·  indigo / dark blue

Meaning

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نیلی (nili) means indigo or deep blue in Persian. It comes from نیل (nil), the indigo plant and dye, a word inherited through Middle Persian from Sanskrit nīla (dark blue). The word was not borrowed from Arabic; Persian passed the term outward, not inward.

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نیلیnili
آسیاÂsiyâنیلوفرnilufarبنفشه‌ایbanafshe-i
نیلیnili
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