nylghai

Questions about nylghai

What does nylghai mean?

nylghai means "large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns".

How many syllables are in nylghai?

nylghai has 2 syllables and divides as nylg-hai under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nylghai?

Close synonyms include nilgai, nylghau, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nylghai a common word?

nylghai is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.