Nilangu, Nīlaṅgu, Nīlāṅgu, Nilamgu: 7 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nīlaṅgu (नीलङ्गु) or Nīlāṅgu (नीलाङ्गु).—

1) A kind of insect.

2) An insect in general.

3) A kind of fly.

4) A jackal.

5) A large (black) bee.

6) A flower.

Derivable forms: nīlaṅguḥ (नीलङ्गुः), nīlāṅguḥ (नीलाङ्गुः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nīlaṅgu (नीलङ्गु).—m.

(-ṅguḥ) An insect in general. 2. A sort of worm. 3. A Jackal. E. ni before, ligi to go, Unadi aff. ku, and the i of ni made long.

Nīlaṅgu can also be spelled as Nīlāṅgu (नीलाङ्गु).

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Nīlāṅgu (नीलाङ्गु).—m.

(-ṅguḥ) 1. An insect in general. 2. A sort of insect. 3. A Jackal. f.

(-ṅguḥ) A gad-fly. E. See nīlaṅgu; the penultimate being irregularly made long.

Nīlāṅgu can also be spelled as Nīlaṅgu (नीलङ्गु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nilaṅgu (निलङ्गु):—m. a species of worm, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] ([varia lectio] for nīl).

2) Nīlaṅgu (नीलङ्गु):—m. (according to, [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 37] nīlaṇgu [from] ni + √lag) a species of worm, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

3) a species of fly or bee, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) a jackal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) = pra-sūta, or pra-sūna, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Nīlāṅgu (नीलाङ्गु):—[from nīlaṅgu] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nīlaṅgu (नीलङ्गु):—[nī-laṅgu] (ṅguḥ) 2. m. An insect in general, a worm; a jackal.

2) Nīlāṅgu (नीलाङ्गु):—(ṅguḥ) 2. m. An insect in general; a jackal. f. A gad fly.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nilangu in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nīlaṃgu (ನೀಲಂಗು):—

1) [noun] any of a large class (Insecta) of small arthropod animals characterized, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usu., two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes; an insect.

2) [noun] a species of worm growing in the body of animals.

3) [noun] a species of large, black bee.

4) [noun] any of several wild dogs of Asia and North Africa, mostly yellowish-grey and smaller than the wolf known for their cunningness; a jackal.

5) [noun] the wormlike larva of various insects, esp. of a butterfly or moth; a caterpillar.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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