नारिकेल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• नारिकेर (nārikera), नालिकेल (nālikela), नालीकेल (nālīkela), नाडीकेरी (nāḍīkerī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাৰিকেল (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬭᬶᬓᬾᬮ (Balinese script)
• নারিকেল (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰨𑰰𑰎𑰸𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• နာရိကေလ (Burmese script)
• નારિકેલ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਰਿਕੇਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦫꦶꦏꦺꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂵𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾರಿಕೇಲ (Kannada script)
• នារិកេល (Khmer script)
• ນາຣິເກລ (Lao script)
• നാരികേല (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡬᡝᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘱𑘎𑘹𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠢᢉᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧈𑧒𑦮𑧚𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐬𑐶𑐎𑐾𑐮 (Newa script)
• ନାରିକେଲ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢬꢶꢒꢾꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆫𑆴𑆑𑆼𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖨𑖰𑖎𑖸𑖩 (Siddham script)
• නාරිකෙල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩼𑩑𑩜𑩔𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚤𑚮𑚊𑚲𑚥 (Takri script)
• நாரிகேல (Tamil script)
• నారికేల (Telugu script)
• นาริเกล (Thai script)
• ནཱ་རི་ཀེ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒩𑒱𑒏𑒹𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨫𑨁𑨋𑨄𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from a Dravidian language. Compare Malayalam നാളികേരം (nāḷikēraṁ, “coconut”), Tamil நாரி (nāri, “fibre”) and Tamil கெளி (keḷi, “coconut palm”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɾi.kɐj.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.ɾiˈkeː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

नारिकेल • (nārikela) stem, m

1. coconut; the coconut tree

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नारिकेल (nārikela)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नारिकेलः nārikelaḥ	नारिकेलौ / नारिकेला¹ nārikelau / nārikelā¹	नारिकेलाः / नारिकेलासः¹ nārikelāḥ / nārikelāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नारिकेल nārikela	नारिकेलौ / नारिकेला¹ nārikelau / nārikelā¹	नारिकेलाः / नारिकेलासः¹ nārikelāḥ / nārikelāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नारिकेलम् nārikelam	नारिकेलौ / नारिकेला¹ nārikelau / nārikelā¹	नारिकेलान् nārikelān
Instrumental	नारिकेलेन nārikelena	नारिकेलाभ्याम् nārikelābhyām	नारिकेलैः / नारिकेलेभिः¹ nārikelaiḥ / nārikelebhiḥ¹
Dative	नारिकेलाय nārikelāya	नारिकेलाभ्याम् nārikelābhyām	नारिकेलेभ्यः nārikelebhyaḥ
Ablative	नारिकेलात् nārikelāt	नारिकेलाभ्याम् nārikelābhyām	नारिकेलेभ्यः nārikelebhyaḥ
Genitive	नारिकेलस्य nārikelasya	नारिकेलयोः nārikelayoḥ	नारिकेलानाम् nārikelānām
Locative	नारिकेले nārikele	नारिकेलयोः nārikelayoḥ	नारिकेलेषु nārikeleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: नारिएळ (nārieḷa), नारियळ (nāriyaḷa), नारियेळ (nāriyeḷa), नारीएळ (nārīeḷa), नार्यळ (nāryaḷa), नार्येळ (nāryeḷa)
    • Marathi: नारळ (nāraḷ)
• Pali: nāḷikēra
  • → Khmer: នាឡិកា (niəlekaa)
  • → Thai: นาฬิกา (naa-lí-gaa, “clock”)
    • → Lao: ນາລິກາ (nā li kā)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀏𑀮 (ṇāriela)
  • Gujarati: નારિયળ (nāriyaḷ) નાળિયેર (nāḷiyer)
  • Hindi: नारियल (nāriyal)
  • Nepali: नरिवल (nariwal​)
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਰੀਅਲ (nārīala)
• →Tatsama:

  • Assamese: নাৰিকল (narikol)
  • Bengali: নারকেল (narkel)
  • Kannada: ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (nārikēḷa)
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠁꠇꠟ (naikol)
  • Telugu: నారికేళము (nārikēḷamu)
• → Middle Persian: nʾlgyl (anārgēl)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܢܪܓܝܠ (nargil)
  • Persian: نارگیل (nârgêl)
    • → Arabic: نَارْجِيل (nārjīl), نَرْجِيل (narjīl)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: نارجیل (narcil), نارچیل (narçil)
    • → Northern Kurdish: nargîl
    • → Ottoman Turkish: نارگیل (nargil)
    • ⇒ Persian: نارگیله (nârgile)
      • → Turkish: nargile
        • → French: narghilé
          • → English: narghile
          • → German: Nargileh
          • → Portuguese: narguilé
          • → Russian: наргиле (nargile)
          • → Spanish: narguile

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नारिकेल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 537.