anil
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Definition of anil
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
- (countable, uncountable)Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
- (countable, uncountable)1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.
name
- A male given name from the Indo-Aryan languages [in turn from Sanskrit] or from the Dravidian languages [in turn from Sanskrit]; variant form Aneel.
- A male given name from Turkish.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French anilder. Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anilder. English anil From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.
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