နီလာ

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Pali nīla. Cognate with Mon နဳလာ, Shan ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa), Jingpho nila.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nìlà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nila • ALA-LC: nīlā • BGN/PCGN: nila • Okell: nila

Noun[edit]

နီလာ (nila)

  1. (mineralogy) sapphire

Descendants[edit]

  • Jingpho: nila
  • Shan: ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa)

Proper noun[edit]

နီလာ (nila)

  1. a female given name from Pali