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I learned something cool today.
Neela’s name is a Sanskrit word that means “dark blue” (this much we knew). It looks like this:
It is often transcribed as “nila” and less often as “nilah.” What I didn’t know is that the word made it’s way to Persia where it became “nilak” (or “nilaq”) and meant “bluish.” It looks like this in Persian (or Farsi, the native language in Iran):
From there, it was borrowed by the Arabic language as “lilak” (or “lilaq”). It still meant “bluish” and looks like this:
The word “lilak” was used to name a bluish flower native to Asia.
We call it the lilac.
Neela is the root of lilac.
Kennedy
That is so cool!
Kennedy means “one who is so ugly he must wear a bucket on his head.”
No joke.
My nickname in college was Buckethead Smith. Thanks Mom and Dad.
Ethan
My name means “firmness, steadfastness, constancy” in Hebrew. I’m not sure what any of those words mean, but I bet it’s awesome.
Elsbeth
Hi Your Neela is so sweet. We’ve got a little blonde Neela as well, named for an old friend of the family who misspelled something Scandinavian I think so all this information about the Sanskrit is really interesting. Ours is just fourteen months old.
Much happiness to you all with your new baby.
lilac
hi… i became interested by the flower lilac when i used it as a username at a site called telebisyon.spreebb… they talked about my name & wondered if it is a flower or a color & how will they pronounce it.. anyways that is why i did some research about it… thanks for the info! ☺ ♥♥♥