# नीलोत्पल
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নীলোত্পল (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬷᬮᭀᬢ᭄ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
* নীলোত্পল (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰱𑰩𑰺𑰝𑰿𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀻𑀮𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* နီလောတ္ပလ (Burmese script)
* નીલોત્પલ (Gujarati script)
* ਨੀਲੋਤ੍ਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦷꦭꦺꦴꦠ꧀ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂲𑂪𑂷𑂞𑂹𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ನೀಲೋತ್ಪಲ (Kannada script)
* នីលោត្បល (Khmer script)
* ນີໂລຕ຺ປລ (Lao script)
* നീലോത്പല (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡳᡳᠯᠣᢠᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘲𑘩𑘻𑘝𑘿𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠢᠢᠯᠣᠸᠠᢐᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧓𑧉𑧜𑦽𑧠𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐷𑐮𑑀𑐟𑑂𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
* ନୀଲୋତ୍ପଲ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢷꢭꣂꢡ꣄ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆵𑆬𑆾𑆠𑇀𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖱𑖩𑖺𑖝𑖿𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
* නීලොත‍්පල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩕𑩫 𑪙𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚯𑚥𑚴𑚙𑚶𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
* நீலோத்பல (Tamil script)
* నీలోత్పల (Telugu script)
* นีโลตฺปล (Thai script)
* ནཱི་ལོ་ཏྤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒲𑒪𑒼𑒞𑓂𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨆𑨙𑩇𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of नील (nīla, “blue”) +‎ उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”).

### Noun

नीलोत्पल • (nīlotpala) stem, n
* blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali, syn. Nymphaea cyanea)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: নীলোৎপল (nilōtpol) (learned)
* → Hindi: नीलोत्पल (nīlotpal) (learned)
* → Marathi: नीळोत्पळ (nīḷotpaḷ) (learned)
* → Odia: ନୀଳୋତ୍ପଳ (niḷotpaḷa) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਨੀਲੋਤਪਲ (nīlotpal) (learned)
* → Middle Persian: [script needed] (nylw(k)pl /⁠nīlōpal⁠/, “lotus, water-lily”)
** Persian: نیلوپل (nîlôpal, nîlûpal), نیلوفل (nīlūfal), نیلوپر (nīlūpar), نیلوفر (nīlūfar, nēlōfar, nēlūfar, nīlōfar), نیلپر (nīlupar), نیلفر (nīlufar), لیلوپر (līlūpar), لیلوپل (līlūpal), نیروفر (nīrūfar), نیلوبرگ (nīlūbarg) (some forms may be influenced by Arabic)
*** Tajik: нелӯфар (nelüfar), нилуфар (nilufar)
*** → Azerbaijani: nilufər / نیلوفر
*** → Bengali: নীলুফার (niluphar)
*** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नीलोफर (nīlophar)
*** Kurdish:
**** → Northern Kurdish: nîlûfer, nîlufer
*** → Ottoman Turkish: لولوفر (lülüfer), نیلوفر (nilüfer), لوفر (lufar), نیلوپر (niluper), نیلوبرگ (niluberg)
**** Turkish: nilüfer
**** → Crimean Tatar: nilüfer
*** → Uzbek: nilufar
** → Arabic: نَيْنُوفَر (naynūfar), نِيلَوْفَر (nīlawfar), نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), نُوفَر (nūfar)
*** → Ancient Greek: νοῦφαρ (noûphar) (from نُوفَر (nūfar))
**** Ancient Greek: νούφαρο (noúpharo), νούφαρα (noúphara)
***** Greek: νούφαρο (noúfaro), νύφαρο (nýfaro), νούφαρ (noúfar)
****** → Romanian: nufăr
***** → Latin: nuphar
****** → Catalan: núfar
****** → English: nuphar
****** → Translingual: Nuphar
******* → French: nuphar
*** → Latin: nenuphar
**** → Basque: nenufar
**** → English: nenuphar
**** → French: nénufar, nénuphar
***** → Romanian: nenufar
***** → Russian: ненюфа́р (nenjufár)
**** → Galician: nenúfar
**** → Italian: nenufero, nenufaro, nanufero, nannufaro, nannufero
**** → Portuguese: nenúfar
**** → Spanish: nenúfar
*** → Middle Armenian: նունուֆար (nunufar), նոնուֆար (nonufar), նոնոփար (nonopʻar), նոնոֆար (nonofar), նունաֆար (nunafar), նինոֆար (ninofar), նիլուֆար (nilufar), լիլուֆար (lilufar), լիլուփար (lilupʻar) (some forms are from Persian)
**** Armenian: նունուֆար (nunufar)
*** → Persian: نوفر (nufar, nawfar), نینوفر (naynūfar)
** → Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܢܝܠܘܦܪ (nīlūp̄ar), ܢܝܪܘܦܠ (nīrōp̄al)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नीलोत्पल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0567.