Etymograph

English

Nikhil

Nikhil comes from Sanskrit निखिल ‘complete, all, whole, entire’, and goes back to खिल ‘unused land between cultivated fields’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEखिल‘unused land between cultivated fields’
  2. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिखिलnikhila‘complete, all, whole, entire’
  3. EnglishtodayNikhil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEखिल‘unused land between cultivated fields’
  2. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिखिलnikhila‘complete, all, whole, entire’
  3. EnglishtodayNikhil

Today it means

name A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit खिल / Nikhil