añil
Ivatan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: a‧ñil
Noun
[edit]añil
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian نیل (nīl, “indigo”), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nyl /nīl/), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “blue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]añil m (plural añiles)
- indigo (colour)
- Synonym: índigo
- true indigo, indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria)
- indigo (blue dye)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]| blanco | gris | negro |
| rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
| lima | verde | menta |
| cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |
Further reading
[edit]- “añil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Ivatan nouns
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- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Persian
- Spanish terms derived from Middle Persian
- Spanish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/il
- Rhymes:Spanish/il/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Plants
- es:Purples
- es:Colors of the rainbow