See nir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*neyH-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neyH-#Proto-Indo-European:_shine"
],
[
"नील॑",
"नील#Sanskrit"
],
[
"𐭭𐭩𐭫",
"𐭭𐭩𐭫#Middle_Persian"
],
[
"نِيل",
"نيل#Arabic"
],
[
"نِيل",
"نيل#Arabic"
],
[
"𐭭𐭩𐭫",
"𐭭𐭩𐭫#Middle_Persian"
]
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"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *neyH-der.?\nSanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der.\nMiddle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor.\nArabic نِيل (nīl)\nMaltese nir\nInherited from Arabic نِيل (nīl), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl).",
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},
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"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "noun",
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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"glosses": [
"indigo (plant, its colour)"
],
"id": "en-nir-mt-noun-dTHeU5M-",
"links": [
[
"indigo",
"indigo"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/niːr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr"
}
],
"word": "nir"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*neyH-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neyH-#Proto-Indo-European:_shine"
],
[
"नील॑",
"नील#Sanskrit"
],
[
"𐭭𐭩𐭫",
"𐭭𐭩𐭫#Middle_Persian"
],
[
"نِيل",
"نيل#Arabic"
],
[
"نِيل",
"نيل#Arabic"
],
[
"𐭭𐭩𐭫",
"𐭭𐭩𐭫#Middle_Persian"
]
],
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"name": "ety"
},
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"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *neyH-der.?\nSanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der.\nMiddle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor.\nArabic نِيل (nīl)\nMaltese nir\nInherited from Arabic نِيل (nīl), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl).",
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"g": "m"
},
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"name": "mt-head"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Maltese entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"Maltese entries with etymology texts",
"Maltese entries with etymology trees",
"Maltese entries with etymon",
"Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
"Maltese lemmas",
"Maltese masculine nouns",
"Maltese nouns",
"Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
"Maltese terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Maltese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Maltese terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
"Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:Maltese/iːr",
"Rhymes:Maltese/iːr/1 syllable"
],
"glosses": [
"indigo (plant, its colour)"
],
"links": [
[
"indigo",
"indigo"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/niːr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr"
}
],
"word": "nir"
}
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