နီလာ

Burmese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

နီလာ • (nila)

  1. (mineralogy) sapphire

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

Proper noun

နီလာ • (nila)

  1. a female given name from Pali
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