[Skt.] adj. Blue, purple, deep blue, bright black. nallani. n. A blue or black stone. paccarayi, nallarayi. The sapphire. Blue colour, blackness. The Indigo plant, nilicettu.nilanguvu nil-angu-vu. n. An insect. purugu. niladu niladu. n. A black horse. nilakanthamu nila-kantha-mu. n. The purple throated bird, a peacock. nemali. nilakanthudu nila-kanthudu. n. The blue throated god, i.e., Siva. karakanthudu. nilabodikodi nila-bodi-kodi n. The purple Moorhen, Porphyris policephalus. (F.B.I.) nilanjanamu. nil-anjanamu. n. Blue vitriol, sulphate of copper.nilambaramu nil-ambaramu. n. A blue vest. The name of a lilac blue-bell. nilambarudu nil-ambarudu. n. A name of Balaram or Saturn. nili nili. n. The indigo plant. Blue dye. Rox. iii. 379.verrinili or karunili the wild variety of indigo, id. 372. 377. A dark thread. nallanulu. “nilidatti.” (R. ii. 20.) Or, “nilikaccadamu.” (BD. v. 677). A waist band. kasekoka. A black woman, a factious jade, a hussey: one who blubbers at a touch. “nili nillakupote bavi lotunakupoyinadi” (proverb) when the jade goes to the well all the water disappears. nili adj. Black, nallani. False, hypocritical.niliyedpu false or crocodile tears. nilivarta nili-vartha. n. A lie set afloat under the superstitious notion that the indigo crop will flourish better. Nonsense, delusion. Rhodomontade, a hoax. nilimaor nilimamu nilima. n. Black color. nalupu. nilimancu nili-mandu. n. Indigo. nilimabbu nili-mabbu. n. A thin or rainless cloud. niludu niludu. n. The name of a monkey. okavanarudu. nilotpalamu or nilajjamu the blue water lily.