Noun: lila
Gender: f
m
Hyphenation: li‧la
| Singular m | lila |
| Singular f | lila |
| Plural m | lilas |
| Plural f | lilas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like lila
egocentrista,
cervantista,
baloncestista,
minifundista,
seremi,
setita,
pactante,
semita,
senufo,
senpai,
pactista,
selfie,
violinista,
militante,
salame,
script,
epigramatista,
sonetista,
urbanista,
sonyer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.?
3. Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der.
4. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
5. Classical Persian نِیل (nīl)
6. Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /-ak/)
7. Classical Persian ـَک (-ak)
8. Classical Persian لِیلَک (līlak)bor.
9. Arabic لِيلَك (līlak)bor.
10. French lilacbor.
11. Spanish lila
12. Borrowed from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark colored”). See: French Nouns '
lilac'.
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