anyil

Borrowed from Spanish añil (“indigo”), from Andalusian Arabic النيل (an-nīl), from Arabic نِيل (nīl), from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

• Hyphenation: an‧yil

anyil

1. laundry blue

anyil

1. to blue; to add ultramarine, indigo or Prussian blue into laundry wash to prevent yellowing

From Spanish añil.

anyíl

1. indigo

Borrowed from Spanish añil, from Arabic النِّيل (an-nīl) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian نیل (nīl, “indigo”), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nyl /⁠nīl⁠/), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “blue”). Compare Bikol Central anyil, Cebuano anyil, and Hiligaynon anyil. Doublet of lila and nila.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanˈjil/ [ʔɐnˈɲɪl]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔanˈjil/ [ʔɐn̪ˈjɪl]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: an‧yil

anyíl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜎ᜔)

1. true indigo; indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria)

   Synonyms: tayom, nila, tina-tinaan

2. indigo (blue dye)

   Synonyms: tayom, dampol

• “anyil”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 41