લીલું
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀻𑀮 (ṇīla, “blue, green”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit નીલક (nīlaka, “blue”) (compare નીલ (nī́la)).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈli.lũ/
- Hyphenation: લી‧લું
- Rhymes: -ũ
Adjective
લીલું • (līlũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | લીલો (līlo) | લીલા (līlā) | લીલા (līlā) | લીલે (līle) | ||
| neuter | લીલું (līlũ) | લીલા (līlā) | લીલાં (līlā̃) | લીલે (līle) | ||
| feminine | લીલી (līlī) | લીલી (līlī) | લીલી (līlī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
Derived terms
- લીલાશ (līlāś)
- લીલી ચા (līlī cā)
- લીલી ચાહા (līlī cāhā)
- લીલો સત્યાશિયો (līlo satyāśiyo)
See also
| સફેદ (saphed) | [Term?] | કાળું (kāḷũ) |
| લાલ (lāl); [Term?] | નારંગી (nāraṅgī); ભુરું (bhurũ) | પીળું (pīḷũ); [Term?] |
| [Term?] | લીલું (līlũ) | [Term?]; [Term?] |
| [Term?]; [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] |
| [Term?]; [Term?] | [Term?]; જાંબલી (jā̃blī) | [Term?] |
Further reading
More information
- “લીલું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “લીલું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “લીલું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1729
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nī́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 426