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