anili

== Latin == === Adjective === anīlī dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of anīlis == Tashelhit == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anili/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly borrowed from Latin milium (“millet”). Cognate with Tuareg enăle, Ghadames alele, Kabyle ilni and Zenaga iʔllän. ==== Alternative forms ==== anli, anni, anlli, aynli, aylni, illan ==== Noun ==== anili m (annexed state unili, usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵉⵍⵉ, Arabic spelling آنيلي) sorghum millet === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نيلي (nīli), from Arabic نِيلِيّ (nīliyy), from نِيل (nīl, “indigo”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). ==== Adjective ==== anili (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵉⵍⵉ, Arabic spelling آنيلي) indigo Alternative form: nili === References === Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 339