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Meaning of نیل | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˈniːl

Definitions

  1. indigo
  2. Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)
  3. attaining, reaching

Equivalents

Examples

“تا رنج کهتری بر خود ننهی به آسایش مهتری نرسی، نبینی که تا برگ نیل پوسیده نگردد نیل نشود.”

You shall not reach the comfort of being a superior until you have gone through the toil of being a subordinate. Do you not see that [the dye] indigo is not produced until the indigo leaves rot?

“رود نیل”

the River Nile

“رودخانه نیل”

the River Nile

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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